ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,549, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Shinwa Controls Co. Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).
"Flowrate control device, flowrate control method, and fluid supply system" was invented by Katsutoshi Sakai (Kawasaki, Japan) and Yuki Fukuzawa (Kawasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flowrate control device includes: a storing unit that stores opening degree characteristic of a flowrate regulating valve; an inputting unit that inputs a target flowrate of the fluid flowing out from the flowrate regulating valve, and a flowrate change velocity to reach the target flowrate; a detecting unit that detects, from when the control of the flowrate to...