ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,029, issued on March 17, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Valve assembly for a fluid system" was invented by Eric Kesler (Northville, Mich.), Patty Flynn (El Paso, Texas) and Daniel Ratkos (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly for a fluid system is disclosed. The valve assembly includes a housing having a base portion and a stem portion. A valve core is disposed in a cavity formed in the stem portion. The valve core is in fluid communication with a port formed in a component of the fluid system through passageways and the cavity of the base portion. The valve assembly further includes a...