ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,173, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Mixing valve" was invented by Gerhard Eser (Hemau, Germany), Sebastian Brettner (Burglengenfeld, Germany), Manuel Dillinger (Kelheim, Germany), Markus Feulner (Ensdorf, Germany) and Mitchell Koupal (Pontiac, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing valve has a housing with a first inlet, a second inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, and has a valve element arranged adjustably in the housing, and which valve element has a first fluid passage which, in a first position of the valve element, connects the first inlet and first outlet, in ...