ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,432, issued on June 3, was assigned to JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG (Murten, Switzerland).

"Multi-port valve, and thermal management system provided with same and application thereof" was invented by Tao Qu (Shenzhen, China), Yanping Ren (Shenzhen, China) and Ruifeng Qin (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-port valve includes a valve housing and a valve core. The valve housing is provided with a plurality of outer ports, at least part of which is arranged at an axial end of the valve housing. The valve core is provided with a plurality of inner ports, at least part of which is arranged at an axial end of the valve c...