US Patent Issued to Cooper-Standard Automotive on March 25 for "Apparatus and method for the integrated control of a thermal management system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,562, issued on March 25, was assigned to Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. (Northville, Mich.).

"Apparatus and method for the integrated control of a thermal management system" was invented by David S. Malone (Attica, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated apparatus and method is disclosed for controlling a fluid pump and a valve connected to a coolant loop. The fluid pump for circulating fluid through the coolant loop and the valve positionable between a first and a second position. A controller generates control signals that are transmitted to the fluid pump and to the valve for regulating the speed of the fluid pump and...