ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,573, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Germany) and MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN Corp. (Japan).

"Screen to be used during brazing of heat exchanger and brazing method for heat exchanger" was invented by Masahiro Ariyama (Tokyo), Yohei Hatano (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Kumagai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screen for brazing a heat exchanger including a plurality of core plates and a base plate. The plurality of core plates may be formed from an aluminum alloy brazing sheet containing magnesium and may have a shape having a taper portion at a periphery. The base plate may be larger and thicker than a core p...