ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,156, issued on May 27.

"Transmission cooling system" was invented by Gale C. Banks III (Azusa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pan for a vehicle transmission having a transmission lubricant sump, the pan having a mounting periphery about the pan attachable to the transmission at a first side of the pan, the pan also having an area closing the transmission lubricant sump; inner cooling fins on the first side of the pan, the inner cooling fins configured for contact with lubricant in the lubricant sump; and outer cooling fins on a second side of the pan configured for contact with air, the outer cooling fins extending over the ...