US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor Company;, Kia on June 2 for "Fluid control device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,532, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co.; (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fluid control device" was invented by Pu Reum Jeong (Suncheon-Si, South Korea) and Hyeon Seok Ban (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control device includes a housing portion including an inlet port and an outlet port, and a valve portion fixedly coupled to an internal surface of the housing portion, in which the valve portion includes a lower plunger module, an upper plunger module, an elastic member including one side configured to press the lower plunger module downward and the other side c...