ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,601, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FUTABA INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Okazaki, Japan).

"Heat exchanger and method for manufacturing heat exchanger" was invented by Hiroki Yamaguchi (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes a first plate member, a second plate member, and two or more joints. The first plate member faces a battery. The second plate member is arranged to face the first plate member, and forms a flow path through which a heat exchange medium passes between the first plate member and the second plate member. The joints are portions where the first plate member and the second plate member are j...