ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,261, issued on July 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and GMB KOREA CORP. (Changwon-si, South Korea).

"Control valve and cooling system for vehicle including the same" was invented by Yeon Man Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kyung-Hwan Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control valve includes a valve housing, a first inlet port and a second inlet port that are formed on the valve housing and through which a coolant is drawn, a first outlet port and a second outlet port that are formed on the valve housing and through which the coolant is discharge...