ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,733, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Fluid control valve unit and valve timing change device" was invented by Toshiki Ogasawara (Iwate, Japan) and Kouji Sugano (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control valve unit includes: a fluid control valve V, including: an inlet 74; a communication port 75, 76; a sleeve 70 having a bottom end 70a and an opening end 70b and defining an axis S; and a spool 80 disposed in the sleeve to open and close the communication port; a cylindrical passage member 50, having: an inner circumferential surface 51, fit with the sleeve; a passage; an annular receivi...