US Patent Issued to SMC on March 3 for "Air chuck having first and second solenoid valves" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,971, issued on March 3, was assigned to SMC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Air chuck having first and second solenoid valves" was invented by Masahiro Saegusa (Moriya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chuck unit includes a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber disposed on both sides of a piston for driving fingers. A valve unit includes a first output air flow path connected to one of the first and second pressure chambers, a second output air flow path connected to the other thereof, a first solenoid valve connected to the first output air flow path, and a second solenoid valve connected to the second output air flow path. The...