ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,180, issued on March 18, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Valve device" was invented by Hiroyuki Kawarai (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuhiro Tochigi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshiaki Fujitani (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve device includes a housing and a cylindrical valve body. The housing defines: an inflow port; a first outflow port and a second outflow port which are opened apart in a circumferential direction and respectively have first and second opening widths; and an accommodation chamber. The valve body is arranged in the accommodation chamber to open and close the first and second outflow ports and inclu...