ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,925, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Valve actuator" was invented by Chul Wan Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve actuator of a cooling valve is configured to control cooling water in a thermal management system for cooling a fuel cell. The valve actuator includes a motor including a rotor, a stator, and a motor housing, a gear assembly including a gear housing and being connected to a valve rotation shaft of a valve plate configured to control a passage of cooling water, a motor rotation shaft configured to rotate the rotor ...