ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,097, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hanon Systems (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Multi-way coolant valve and heat pump system having the same" was invented by Wan Je Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Namho Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong-Bin Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yeonho Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Hee Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Jae-Eun Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Man Hee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Yeon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyunjae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seong Woo Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Bum Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Sung Kang (Daejeon, South Ko...