US Patent Issued to MIKUNI on March 18 for "Air amount adjustment valve and multiple throttle device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,045, issued on March 18, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Air amount adjustment valve and multiple throttle device" was invented by Jun Kiyono (Odawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple throttle device 100 includes: a throttle body 12 having a plurality of intake passages 10; a plurality of throttle valves 20; a plurality of secondary passages 102 respectively bypassing the plurality of throttle valves 20; and an air amount adjustment valve 30 for adjusting an amount of air flowing through the plurality of secondary passages 102. The air amount adjustment valve 30 includes a valve plug 40, and a guide part 50 fo...