US Patent Issued to CKD on Sept. 2 for "Solenoid valve manifold" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,946, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to CKD Corp. (Komaki, Japan).

"Solenoid valve manifold" was invented by Hisashi Hatano (Komaki, Japan), Mitsuhiro Kosugi (Komaki, Japan) and Atsuo Hayashi (Komaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic valve (11) includes an electromagnetic valve-side connector unit (55, 65). A base (30) includes a base-side connector unit (80, 90) to which the electromagnetic valve-side connector unit (55, 65) is connected. The base (30) includes an insertion port (43, 44) into which the electromagnetic valve-side connector unit (55, 65) is inserted. The base-side connector unit (80, 90) is disp...