ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,417, issued on April 14, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Valve and fluid control device" was invented by Yukiharu Kodama (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve includes a housing, a hole, a hole, a diaphragm, a seat, and a protrusion. The housing includes a housing member and a flat board that oppose each other, and a side wall connected to the housing member and the flat board, the side wall being capable of defining a valve chamber together with the housing member and the flat board. The hole is formed in the flat board, and connects the valve chamber and an outside of the valve to each...