US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on June 17 for "Fluid control device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,734, issued on June 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Fluid control device" was invented by Nobuhira Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan), Yutoku Kawabata (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroki Achiwa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control device includes a fluid conveying element formed by a pump and a valve, and an outer housing containing the fluid conveying element. The outer housing includes a first outer wall forming an internal space closer to the pump, and a second outer wall forming an internal space closer to the valve. The second outer wall includes an outer-wall main plate having a part overlapp...