ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,586, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ECO Holding 1 GmbH (Marktheidenfeld, Germany).

"Apparatus for handling fluid within an at least partially electrically driven vehicle" was invented by Alexander Mudra (Marktheidenfeld, Germany) and Sven Dehrmann (Worth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for handling fluid within an at least partially electrically powered vehicle, including: a valve device with a valve housing, the valve housing includes at least eight radially arranged port openings for fluid to flow in or out, a valve body, which is arranged inside the valve housing and is rotatable about an axis of rotation ...