ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,420, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to FUJIKOKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electric valve" was invented by Yuta Hosaka (Tokyo), Bunta Narukawa (Tokyo) and Yuta Yasumoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric valve includes a motor, a power transmission mechanism that converts rotational movement generated by the motor into axial movement of a valve body, a housing that accommodates at least a part of the power transmission mechanism and the motor, an external connector that is provided to the housing and enables power supply to the motor and communication with a control device connected via a network, and a control substrate that is...