ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,290, issued on March 24, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).
"3-way valve and heat pump system using same" was invented by Ju Young Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Gun Ryang Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Won Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hun Sang Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a 3-way valve and a heat pump system using same, the 3-way valve comprising: a housing in which an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet are disposed; and a ball valve which is disposed inside the housing, wherein the ball valve comprises: an inlet hole which is connected to the inlet and int...