ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,115, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cooling system for an internal combustion engine" was invented by Fumihiro Homma (Tokyo), Kentaro Baba (Tokyo), Hideki Sato (Tokyo) and Shinsaku Tomita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling system for an internal combustion engine is equipped with an air conditioner having a heat exchanger, a first passage connected to the heat exchanger and supplies cooling water of the engine to the heat exchanger, a second passage connected to a cooling apparatus for oil which fills a speed change mechanism connected to the engine or for oil which fills the e...