ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,130, issued on May 6, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Capacity control valve" was invented by Takahiro Ejima (Tokyo), Keigo Shirafuji (Tokyo) and Kohei Fukudome (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacity control valve includes a main valve that opens and closes communication between a discharge port and a control port formed in a valve housing by movement of a rod driven by a solenoid, a CS communication passage providing communication between a control fluid supply chamber formed in the valve housing and a suction port, and an on-off valve formed by a communication passage forming member having an annular val...