ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,847, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Cryopump" was invented by Shuhei Gotanda (Tokyo) and Takahiro Nakanishi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryopump includes: a cryopump container including a container body defining a cryopump intake port and extending axially and tubularly from the cryopump intake port, and a cryocooler accommodation cylinder connected to a side portion of the container body and extending transversely; a cryocooler fixed to the cryocooler accommodation cylinder and extending transversely within the cryopump container; a plurality of cryopanels thermally coupled to t...