ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,887, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Coolant valve, cooling system, and motor vehicle comprising a cooling system" was invented by Sebastian Tiemeyer (Dortmund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coolant valve for a cooling system of a motor vehicle, comprising a valve housing with housing openings, at least one valve body for automatically fluidically connecting at least two of the housing openings, and at least one valve seal for sealing the coolant valve. The valve housing has a first housing cylinder, having housing openings with a first valve body, and a second housing cyli...