ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,923, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to FUJIKOKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electric valve" was invented by Tatsuya Yoshida (Tokyo), Yuta Matsubara (Tokyo) and Yusuke Arai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator unit includes a main circuit board parallel to an up-and-down direction, a sub circuit board at a right angle to the main circuit board, a magnetic sensor on the sub circuit board, and a housing including a sub circuit board space that is located adjacent to an inner space of the stator unit in which a can is disposed. The sub circuit board includes a first end connected to the main circuit board via a circuit board terminal and ...