ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,069, issued on June 24, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine comprising a deformation in a joining region of two separating walls, method for producing a heat exchanger and internal combustion engine comprising a heat exchanger" was invented by Gerd Kronsteiner (St. Ulrich/Steyr, Austria) and Gernot Woitsch (St. Ulrich bei Steyr, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes a housing wall and interior having a fluid inlet region for introducing a first fluid into the interior, and at least two partition walls substantially accommodated in the inter...