ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,776, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SANHUA (HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Heat exchanger" was invented by Jianlong Jiang (Hangzhou, China), Ruixue Xiao (Hangzhou, China), Xiaoming Zhong (Hangzhou, China) and Zheng Wei (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes first to fourth tubes, and first and second heat exchange tubes. The second heat exchange tube includes a first bent section and a first straight section. The first bent section has a first end connected with the second tube and a second end connected with the first straight section. In the width direction, ...