ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,031, issued on March 3, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Heat exchanger" was invented by Sung Hong Shin (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a heat exchanger, and more particularly, to a heat exchanger in which a branch pipe is disposed adjacent to a coolant discharge port, which may miniaturize an entire heat exchange system and improve packageability."

The patent was filed on Aug. 11, 2022, under Application No. 18/284,097.

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