ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,565, issued on May 20, was assigned to NIPPON THERMOSTAT Co. LTD. (Kiyose, Japan).
"Thermostat device" was invented by Tetsuya Nishimura (Kiyose, Japan), Tatsuya Takahata (Hiroshima, Japan), Shinji Watanabe (Hiroshima, Japan), Keita Watanabe (Hiroshima, Japan) and Takayuki Tominaga (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermostat device is provided that smoothens the flow of the coolant to keep the pressure loss small and can sufficiently secure the flow rate of the coolant from the radiator side to the engine side. A housing having a first inlet for introducing a coolant cooled by a radiator and a coolant outlet supplie...