ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,510, issued on June 16, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

"Heat-treatment module for a vehicle heat-treatment system" was invented by Christophe Denoual (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Cedex, France) and Frederic Tison (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a thermal treatment module for a thermal treatment system of a vehicle. The thermal treatment module includes a heat exchanger and an internal heat exchanger. The heat exchanger brings about an exchange of heat between a heat transfer liquid and a refrigerant fluid. The internal heat exchanger brings about a...