ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,593, issued on March 11, was assigned to CKD Corp. (Komaki, Japan).
"Solenoid valve manifold" was invented by Hisashi Hatano (Komaki, Japan), Mitsuhiro Kosugi (Komaki, Japan) and Yasuhiko Kotera (Komaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid valve manifold (10) includes a connector member (70) that is formed by integrating a base portion (71) with a first connector portion (80) configured to electrically connect a first conductive member (52) to a circuit board (41) and a second connector portion (90) configured to electrically connect a second conductive member (62) to the circuit board (41). The base portion (71) has a t...