ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,992, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Stant USA Corp. (Connersville, Ind.).
"Thermostat with flow regulators" was invented by John W. Ripberger Jr. (Connersville, Ind.) and J Bradley Groom (Oxford, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermostatic control device according to the present disclosure is configured to control the flow of coolant fluid from a reservoir through a heat exchanging circuit and/or a bypass back to a cooling circuit pump. The device controls the flow of coolant fluid based on temperature of the coolant fluid at the device. The thermostatic control device includes a thermostatic valve with notches that allow ...