ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,735, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NIDEC POWERTRAIN SYSTEMS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Solenoid valve device" was invented by Hiroki Shimizu (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid valve device includes a nozzle body housing a valve body that opens and closes a suction path and a discharge path connected to each other via an opening, and a solenoid that drives the valve body in an axial direction. The nozzle body includes a tubular member having an opening on one side in the axial direction. The other side in the axial direction of the valve body is supported by the tubular member and movable in the axial directi...