ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,517, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka-shi, Japan).
"Solenoid, solenoid valve, and suspension device" was invented by Gota Nakano (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Chikara Yanagisawa (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid includes: a solenoid unit including a coil and an inner protruding portion covering a periphery of the coil by molded resin; a housing into which the inner protruding portion is inserted; and a sealing element configured to seal a gap between the solenoid unit and the housing. The solenoid unit includes an inclined surface extending in a direction that intersects a dir...