ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,306, issued on July 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Heat exchanger and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Tsuneo Endo (Saitama, Japan) and Yuta Kurosawa (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger, includes: a core portion; a first flow path which is provided in the core portion and through which a first fluid flows; and a second flow path which is provided in the core portion and through which a second fluid flows. The first fluid flowing through the first flow path and the second fluid flowing through the second flow path exchange heat through a partition in the core portion. The f...