ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,140, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Coolant control valve" was invented by Raghunath Paralkar (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Kartik Gangshettiwar (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coolant control valve is provided that includes an actuator, a rotary valve body, a valve housing, a seal housing, and a movable seal. The rotary valve body is rotatably actuated by the actuator and includes at least one fluid opening. The movable seal is arranged within an annular groove of the seal housing and is: i) sealingly engaged with the annular groove, and ii) forcibly ...