ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,219, issued on June 23, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

"Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle" was invented by Christophe Denoual (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France), Roberto Fernandez (Saragossa, Spain) and Jingyu Ni (Shashi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a plurality of plates is disclosed. The plates are stacked one on top of the other in a stacking direction to form a bundle of plates. At least one first plate and at least one second plate define a first circulation path that is configured for circulation of a first fluid. At least the second plate...