ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,464, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Electric valve" was invented by Jundong Wang (Zhejiang, China), Yangjun Zhao (Zhejiang, China), Qikai Bian (Zhejiang, China) and Haitao Chen (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric valve, includes a transmission mechanism, a valve core, and a valve body assembly. The valve body assembly is provided with a valve body cavity, the valve core is located in the valve body cavity, and the transmission mechanism is transmissionally connected to the valve core. The electric valve further comprises a connecting seat, ...