ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,310, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH (Paderborn, Germany).
"Heat exchanger plate" was invented by Tobias Duepmeier (Paderborn, Germany), Elmar Grussmann (Altenbeken, Germany) and Guenter Fortmeier (Delbrueck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger plate which has a plate body formed from at least two plate elements and at least one connecting piece for a cooling fluid. The plate body and connecting piece are joined together using soldering. The connecting piece has a joining portion which is joined in a receiving portion of the plate body formed between the plate elements. A solder r...