US Patent Issued to NIFCO on Nov. 3 for "Pressure-regulating valve" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,864, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NIFCO INC. (Yokosuka, Japan).

"Pressure-regulating valve" was invented by Shohei Hirota (Yokosuka, Japan) and Norio Saito (Yokosuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure-regulating valve for escaping a fluid inside an enclosure from an opening of the enclosure when internal pressure of the fluid rises. The pressure-regulating valve includes a cover part that includes a circumferential edge surrounding the opening in a plan view and that covers the opening, a seal part positioned between the circumferential edge of the cover part and a surface of the enclosure, an elastic member configu...