ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,542, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SHAOXING SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Heat exchanger" was invented by Hua Li (Zhejiang, China), Fangjian Shan (Zhejiang, China), Han Shao (Zhejiang, China) and Qinglei Liang (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a first plate, and a second plate. A third plate is disposed between the first plate and the second plate; a first fluid channel is formed between the first plate and the third plate, and a second fluid channel is formed between the second plate and the third plate. The hea...