ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,285, issued on June 10, was assigned to ESTRA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Heat exchanger for vehicle" was invented by Young Sam Shin (Daegu, South Korea), Jeong Kyu Park (Daegu, South Korea) and Jun Ho Choi (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger for a vehicle configured to perform heat exchange between coolant and refrigerant includes: a plurality of stacked plates sequentially stacked to form a plurality of refrigerant spaces filled with the refrigerant and a plurality of coolant spaces filled with the coolant; a thermal expansion valve disposed in the vicinity of the plurality of ...