ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,345, issued on April 22, was assigned to Nikki Co. Ltd. (Japan).
"Electronically controlled regulator" was invented by Naoya Suenaga (Kanagawa-ken, Japan) and Shutaro Aizawa (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronically controlled regulator is disclosed. The electronically controlled regulator reduces and adjusts a pressure of a high-pressure fluid introduced through an introduction port with a pressure adjusting valve and discharges a pressure-reduced fluid having a set pressure through a discharge port. A discharge pressure adjusting mechanism includes a valve shaft moving structure that operates by driving o...