ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,969, issued on April 7, was assigned to VALEO KLIMASYSTEME GMBH (Bad Rodach, Germany).

"Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle" was invented by Condro Sekti (Bad Rodach, Germany) and Kamel Azzouz (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a core with a condenser section and a subcooling section. The core includes a liquid-coolant line and a refrigerant line separate from the liquid-coolant line. The refrigerant line extends from a refrigerant inlet to a refrigerant outlet via the condenser section and through the subcooling section. The heat...