ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,562, issued on March 4, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Valve device" was invented by Masayoshi Okamoto (Kobe, Japan), Makoto Ninomiya (Kobe, Japan), Yutaka Suzuki (Kobe, Japan) and Ryo Miyoshi (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve device includes a valve block having a valve port through which a fluid passes and an insertion hole; a moving valve body that opens or closes the valve port; a guide member that is inserted in the insertion hole, and slidably guides the valve body; a solenoid that generates a magnetic field when energized; a stationary pole that cooperates with the solenoid to move the ...