ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,990, issued on April 15, was assigned to NIPPON THERMOSTAT Co. LTD. (Kiyose, Japan).
"Temperature adjustment device" was invented by Tetsuya Nishimura (Kiyose, Japan) and Masayuki Numata (Kiyose, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature adjustment device is capable of suppressing sleeve enlargement and preventing the rattling thereof with a synthetic resin housing. Flanges are formed on the temperature adjustment member. The sleeve has a groove along the circumferential direction on its outer periphery and a lateral hole opening at one end to the groove and penetrating through the wall thickness of the sleeve. A clip member ...