ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,936, issued on May 20, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine, having a stiffening element in the region of a join between two partitions, and internal combustion engine having a heat exchanger" was invented by Oliver Bichi Zhang (Munich).

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 the introduction of a first into the interior, and at least two partitions accommodated in the interior and connected to the wall at at least one connection region. The partitions are connected to one another at a joining...