ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,264, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Heat exchanger and motor vehicle" was invented by Uwe Forster (Erdmannhausen, Germany), Sascha Unger (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Gerrit Wolk (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1), in particular for a motor vehicle. The heat exchanger (1) includes a plurality of tubular bodies (2) stacked onto one another along a stack direction (S), which in each case delimit a first fluid path (3a) for being flowed through by a refrigerant (K). The individual tubular bodies (2) are arranged along the stack...