US Patent Issued to AISAN KOGYO on Oct. 28 for "Throttle device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,921, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AISAN KOGYO K.K. (Obu, Japan).

"Throttle device" was invented by Yuichi Kimura (Kariya, Japan) and Akihito Kuno (Tokai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A throttle device includes a coil spring that has a first spring part, a second spring part, and an intermediate hook connecting the first spring part to the second spring part for biasing a throttle valve. The first spring part is engaged with a rotation member coupled to a throttle shaft. The second spring part is engaged with a throttle body. The intermediate hook is configured to engage with a first stopper formed on the rotation member...