US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on Feb. 10 for "Valve body, flow path switching valve, and heat medium system for automobile" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,246, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Valve body, flow path switching valve, and heat medium system for automobile" was invented by Shingo Murakami (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a valve body that changes a communication state of a flow path through which liquid flows, the valve body comprising a valve main body formed of synthetic resin and comprising inside a press-fit fixing cylinder made of metal, and a drive shaft that is press-fitted in and fixed to the press-fit fixing cylinder of the valve main body. A non-press-fit portion comprising a space in a pr...