ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,552, issued on July 14, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Vehicle thermal management system" was invented by Bijan Hagh (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle thermal management system includes a propulsion ram air duct, a propulsion fan, a first heat exchanger, and a take-off fan. The propulsion fan is disposed within the propulsion ram air duct between the ram air inlet and the ram air outlet and generates thrust. The first heat exchanger receives a portion of the flow of ram air that is drawn into the propulsion ram air duct and discharges a portion of the flow of ram air bac...