ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,956, issued on July 28, was assigned to AUTOELEX Co. LTD. (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

"Flow path switching valve" was invented by Jongyoon Bae (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a flow path switching valve. The flow path switching valve includes: a valve body having an inlet pipe and first and second outlet pipes and including an inlet hole and first and second cam accommodation depressions; first and second cams accommodated in the first and second cam accommodation depressions, respectively, and configured to block the outflow of a specific gas; a cam disk including a first and second cam compression...