ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,166, issued on May 27, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).
"Valve body for an expansion valve" was invented by Jeffrey Van Delden (Stuttgart, Germany), Matthias Lindenberg (Stuttgart, Germany) and Florian Wetzel (Baltmannsweiler, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve body of an expansion valve for an air-conditioning system, a battery cooler, and/or an oil cooler of a motor vehicle may comprise a valve needle and a spring. The valve needle and the spring may be integrally provided as a single component."
The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/540,215.
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