ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,727, issued on May 27, was assigned to ESTRA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).
"Heat exchanger for vehicles" was invented by Young Sam Shin (Daegu, South Korea), Jong Won Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Jun Ho Choi (Daegu, South Korea) and Yeong Geun Jung (Daegu, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger for vehicles includes a condenser configured such that a coolant and a refrigerant perform heat exchange while flowing separately from each other, the coolant being formed by stacking of a plurality of first heat exchange plates; a gas-liquid separator for separating gaseous components from the refrigerant...