ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,070, issued on July 1, was assigned to DY AUTO Corp. (South Korea).
"Valve device with multiple flow passages" was invented by Sung Jin Hong (Asan-si, South Korea) and Su Hyun Choi (Asan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve device including a plurality of flow paths may include a valve case, a valve body rotatable on the valve case, and a valve cover covering and closing the valve case, in which the valve body includes an upper body including three independent flow paths, a center body coupled to a bottom of the upper body and installed to be rotatable integrally with the upper body, and a lower body coupled to a bot...