ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,095, issued on May 26, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Solenoid valve" was invented by Juhye Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid valve, comprising: a valve core formed with an inlet and an outlet, a valve dome sealing one end of the valve core, an armature provided inside the valve dome to be able to advance and retreat, and a plunger opening and closing the inlet of the valve core according to the advance and retreat of the armature, in which the armature includes a receiving groove recessed in an upper surface, a buffering member provided between the armature and the va...