US Patent Issued to FUJIKOKI on Nov. 3 for "Motor-operated valve and refrigeration cycle device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,869, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FUJIKOKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Motor-operated valve and refrigeration cycle device" was invented by Shu Yanagisawa (Tokyo) and Takeshi Suganuma (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-operated valve is installed in a refrigeration cycle device using a natural refrigerant. The motor-operated valve includes a valve member, a driving mechanism that drives the valve member, and a can in which the driving mechanism is disposed. The natural refrigerant is introduced into the can. The driving mechanism includes a driving shaft with an external thread and a bearing member with an internal thread into whi...