ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,385, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Heat exchanger" was invented by Martin Sievers (Kernen im Remstal, Germany), Uwe Foerster (Erdmannhausen, Germany) and Hicham Rouhana (Korntal-Muenchingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger including a heat exchanger block having first fluid channels and second fluid channels, including a fluid collector, the first fluid channels having a first fluid channel section and a second fluid channel section. A first fluid inlet is provided, which is fluidically connected to the first fluid channel section of the first fluid channels...