US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Aug. 26 for "Valve, fluid control device, pressurizing device, and sphygmomanometer" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,814, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Valve, fluid control device, pressurizing device, and sphygmomanometer" was invented by Yukiharu Kodama (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve includes a housing, a membrane, and a hole. The housing includes a flat plate having a hole connectable to an external pump, a housing component having a hole connectable to a component to which a fluid is discharged, and a valve chamber held between a housing component including the flat plate and the housing component. The membrane divides a valve chamber into a space facing the flat plate an...