ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,528, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hyundai Wia Corp. (Changwon, South Korea).

"Cooling medium distribution apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Je Min Yeon (Incheon, South Korea), Sang Min Lee (Hwaseong, South Korea) and Woo Yeon Cho (Sejong, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling medium distribution apparatus includes a valve housing with an inner space, a plurality of pass-through channels in communication with the inner space, and a plurality of distribution channels extending from the pass-through channels; a reservoir tank mounted to the valve housing and connected to the pass-through channels or the distribut...