US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on July 21 for "Fluid controller" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,183, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Fluid controller" was invented by Masahiro Ohira (Kobe, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Tode (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing includes a spool hole that receives a separated-type spool including a first and a second spool separated from each other in an axial direction of the separated-type spool. The first spool allows a first supply/discharge passage to communicate with either a pump passage or a tank passage. The second spool allows a second supply/discharge passage to communicate with the other pump passage or the tank passage. The housing inc...