US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on May 20 for "Hermetic terminal and tank valve device including same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,560, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Hermetic terminal and tank valve device including same" was invented by Masayoshi Okamoto (Kobe, Japan), Michihiko Tokuda (Kobe, Japan), Makoto Ninomiya (Kobe, Japan) and Yoshiteru Fujimoto (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hermetic terminal including a base made of a synthetic resin having a large-diameter part, designed to be attached to a hole part that connects to each of a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region, at least one electrode inserted through the base, and a seal member designed to be externally mounted on the base in a loca...