US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 7 for "Opening/closing valve" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,513, issued on July 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Opening/closing valve" was invented by In Tae Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyeon Seok Ban (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Gyu Young Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an opening/closing valve including a valve body defining a passage, through which a fluid flows in a first direction, a solenoid coil mounted on the valve body along the first direction to surround the passage on an outside of the passage, and a valve disk including a magnetic substance and that is rotated on the pas...