ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,054, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Solenoid valve" was invented by Hiroyuki Iwanaga (Tokyo), Hiroshi Noguchi (Tokyo), Naoki Nishimura (Tokyo) and Akitaka Matsuzaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid valve capable of stably controlling the flow rate or pressure of a fluid includes: a valve body; a valve seat on which the valve body is to be seated; a solenoid including a movable iron core, a rod, and a fixed iron core, and exerting a driving force on the valve body in a valve closing direction; a spring biasing the valve body in a valve opening direction; and a valve housing partial...