ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,379, issued on May 19, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (South Korea).

"Serviceable accumulator with integrated plate fin heat exchanger" was invented by Orest Alexandru Dziubinschi (Dearborn, Mich.), Madison Paige Turner (Royal Oak, Mich.), Devon Laird (Commerce Charter Township, Mich.) and Jeffrey Laplante (Highland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accumulator and heat exchanger assembly includes a heat exchanger having first flow passages and second flow passages formed therein, the first flow passages configured to convey a first flow of a fluid therethrough and the second flow passages configured to convey a second fluid flo...