ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,913, issued on May 13, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Fluid control valve" was invented by Toshinori Kanzaki (Tokyo), Wataru Takahashi (Tokyo), Masahiro Hayama (Tokyo), Kohei Fukudome (Tokyo) and Keigo Shirafuji (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve includes a valve housing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port; a valve body to be driven by a drive source; a spring that urges the valve body in a direction opposite a direction of driving by the drive source; and a valve seat formed at an edge of a through-flow passage. The valve body and the valve seat cooperatively form a poppet valve. The valve is...