ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,343, issued on April 15, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Multi-port rotary valve" was invented by Thomas Chapman (Templeton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-port rotary disc valve includes a valve housing and a diverter assembly disposed in the housing. The housing includes a sidewall, a lid that closes a first end of the sidewall and a base that is disposed at a second end of the sidewall. The diverter assembly is configured to control fluid flow through the valve housing and includes a lid-facing surface, a base-facing surface, and diverter through openings that extend between the lid-facing sur...