ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,181, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Valve device having anti-freeze function" was invented by In Tae Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a valve device including a valve base having a discharge flow path through which a target fluid is discharged, a plunger configured to be rectilinearly movable from a first position at which the plunger closes the discharge flow path to a second position at which the plunger opens the discharge flow path, a solenoid configured to provide driving power for moving th...