US Patent Issued to HUSCO Automotive Holdings on May 20 for "Systems and methods for a thermal management control valve with a louver plate assembly" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,774, issued on May 20, was assigned to HUSCO Automotive Holdings LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for a thermal management control valve with a louver plate assembly" was invented by Austin Schmitt (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Brian Heidemann (Lake Mills, Wis.) and Benjamin Teich (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management control valve includes a first housing defining a first fluid chamber, a second housing coupled to the first housing and defining a second fluid chamber, a rotary actuator having a drive shaft that defines a drive axis, a cam coupled to the drive shaft and having a cam slot, and a louver pl...