ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,069, issued on June 16, was assigned to ESTRA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).
"Integrated plate-type heat exchanger" was invented by Young Sam Shin (Daegu, South Korea), Jun Ho Choi (Daegu, South Korea) and Seong Yeob Lee (Daegu, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated plate-type heat exchanger includes: a condenser configured to condense refrigerant by heat exchange between first coolant and the refrigerant; a chiller configured to cool second coolant by heat exchange between the refrigerant passing through the condenser and the second coolant; an internal heat exchanger configured to facilitate he...