ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,929, issued on May 26, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Cergy Pontoise, France).

"Heat-energy exchange device comprising two plate heat exchangers" was invented by Christophe Denoual (La Verriere, France) and Julien Veron (La Verriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heat-energy exchange device having a first and a second plate heat exchanger, each plate heat exchanger being configured to allow exchanges of heat energy between at least two heat-transfer fluids at different temperatures. The exchange device further includes a distribution member sandwiched between the first and second plate heat exchangers, the distribu...