US Patent Issued to TOYOBO MC on June 3 for "Hollow fiber membrane module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,732, issued on June 3, was assigned to TOYOBO MC Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Hollow fiber membrane module" was invented by Tomohiro Okamura (Iwakuni, Japan), Hiroyuki Yoshida (Iwakuni, Japan), Hideki Mihara (Iwakuni, Japan) and Mikio Katsube (Iwakuni, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow fiber membrane module includes a pressure vessel, a plurality of hollow fiber membrane elements arranged in series inside the pressure vessel, and a connector that connects the hollow fiber membrane elements to each other. Each of the hollow fiber membrane elements includes a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, and a double-core tube extending in...