ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,187, issued on June 30, was assigned to ECO Holding 1 GmbH (Marktheidenfeld, Germany).
"Valve body for a valve of a coolant system, valve having such a valve body, and manufacturing method" was invented by Sven Dehrmann (Worth, Germany) and Daniel Viertler (Bad Urach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve body for a valve of a coolant system: includes at least one tubular through channel for a coolant and a base body which is designed to be rotatable about an axis of rotation by a drive and has a contact surface for abutting against a sealing arrangement of a valve housing of the valve with at least two sealing portions and ...