US Patent Issued to DANA CANADA on Feb. 18 for "Thermal management valve" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,213, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DANA CANADA Corp. (Oakville, Canada).

"Thermal management valve" was invented by Silvio Tonellato (Hamilton, Canada), Benjamin Miethig (Hamilton, Canada) and Michael Martin (Hamilton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, a proportioning valve, comprises a valve body, a first fitting coupled to the valve body, a second fitting coupled to the valve body, and a third fitting coupled to the valve body, where the second fitting and the third fitting each extend in parallel to the first fitting. In one example, an inner bore of the valve body is substantially cylindrical. In one exam...