US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 26 for "Functional block for distributing a heating load or a cooling load via coolant in a vehicle" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,935, issued on May 26, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLP (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Functional block for distributing a heating load or a cooling load via coolant in a vehicle" was invented by Nicholas D. Mancini (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal functional block for a vehicle, includes a functional block inlet, a three-way valve including a valve inlet, a first valve outlet and a second valve outlet, a first coupling point positioned downstream of the first valve outlet, a first heat exchanger positioned downstream of the first coupling point, a splitter having a splitter inlet, a first splitter outlet, ...