ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,983, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Centrifugal field-flow fractionation device" was invented by Kengo Aoki (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal field-flow fractionation device includes: a rotor having a rotation axis, the rotor being provided to be rotatable about the rotation axis; a cover covering the rotor; a protective member arranged inside the cover to over the rotor about the rotation axis; a shock-absorbing member arranged between the protective member and the cover; and a fixing part provided in a breakable manner to fix the protective member to the cover. The rotor ...