ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,002, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Fixing structure of circuit board and pump device" was invented by Takehiko Yazawa (Nagano, Japan) and Kazuhiko Yanagisawa (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing structure of a circuit board includes a circuit board, a board fixing member, and a fixing screw for fixing the circuit board to the board fixing member. The circuit board is formed with a cut-out part in a "U"-shape recessed from its outer peripheral face, the board fixing member is formed with a protruding part. The protruding part is formed with a flat board contact face wi...