US Patent Issued to SUPERIOR TRANSMISSION PARTS on March 24 for "Thermal bypass control valve for a cooler line block with offset channels for an outflow line" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,700, issued on March 24, was assigned to SUPERIOR TRANSMISSION PARTS INC. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Thermal bypass control valve for a cooler line block with offset channels for an outflow line" was invented by Dean Mason (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Victor Castano (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal control valve includes a plug, a valve seat apparatus, and a valve member positionable within a cooler line block with offset channels for an outflow line between a transmission and a transmission fluid cooler. The plug and valve seat apparatus are kept at a fixed positioned relative to each other by a first spring. A sec...