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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gareth P. Taylor, Indian Trail, NC (US);
Timothy D. Price, Monroe, NC (US);
Scott A. Baum, La Valle, WI (US);
Ravi Kolakaluri, Roseville, MN (US);
Vadim N. Savvateev, St. Paul, MN (US);
Shannon S. Le Blanc, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Dian Zheng, Woodbury, MN (US);
Brinda B. Badri, Woodbury, MN (US);
Paul A. Nielsen, LaGrange, GA (US);
Amitava Sengupta, Charlotte, NC (US);
Michael C. Flom, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Catherine A. Leatherdale, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A contactor module for a contactor panel includes a frame member and a contactor media coupled to the frame member. The contractor module defines a first side and a second side. The contactor media includes at least one first membrane array including a plurality of first hollow fibers extending along a first fiber axis. The at least one first membrane array defines a first axis. Further, the contactor module includes at least one second membrane array including a plurality of second hollow fibers extending along a second fiber axis. The at least one second membrane array defines a second axis. The at least one first membrane array and the at least one second membrane array is disposed such that a first inclination angle is defined between the first axis and the second axis. Moreover, the first inclination angle is greater than zero degree and less than 180 degrees.