ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,878, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Heat exchanger with optimized temperature profile" was invented by Uwe Forster (Erdmannhausen, Germany), Martin Sievers (Kernen im Remstal, Germany) and Nikolaj Bittner (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a heat exchanger, preferably a condenser, in particular for a motor vehicle, exhibiting: height, width, length, and tubes through which a first medium flows. A second medium flows around the tubes. The heat exchanger contains at least three rows across its width of tubes along its length. Each of ...