ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,765, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nabtesco Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fluid valve" was invented by Takuhiro Karino (Tokyo) and Yuji Aoki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timer valve 1 relating to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a housing 2 including a spool hole 5 being in communication with a drain port 9, a feeding port 6 configured to receive hydraulic oil fed thereto and a discharge port 7 configured to discharge the hydraulic oil; and a spool 3 movably provided in the spool hole 5. The spool 3 has a first connection recess 15 defined in an outer surface 3a, the first connection recess 15 being configured to establ...