ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,400, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES (La Verriere, France).
"Fluid management module for a vehicle" was invented by Michal Belzowski (Skawina, Poland), Tomasz Stramecki (Skawina, Poland) and Damian Jurkiewicz (Skawina, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid management module for a vehicle, including a block with at least a valve, and a unit. The unit includes a transferring plate, shaped to form at least one channel for receiving the fluid, and a flat support plate. The block and the unit are fluidly connected together, the valve being configured to distribute the fluid in the channel of the unit...