ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,174, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Connector and vehicle heat exchanger comprising same" was invented by Sung Hong Shin (Daejeon, South Korea) and Wontaek Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a connector provided between a condenser and a receiver driver and configured to fixedly couple the condenser and the receiver driver, and a vehicle heat exchanger including the same, and more particularly, to a connector capable of improving weldability between the receiver dryer side and the connector by means of a pipe-shaped clad plate or a rin...