ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,525, issued on June 2.

"Control valve applicable to vehicle water pump" was invented by Dongliang Sun (Ruian, China), Yong Dai (Ruian, China), Jiben Peng (Wenzhou, China), Li Zhang (Ruian, China) and Xianghe Chen (Ruian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicle water pumps, and in particular, to a control valve applicable to a vehicle water pump. The control valve includes a valve body and a valve core movably disposed in the valve body. A valve allowing a coolant to pass through the valve body is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the valve body, a swing arm dri...