ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,187, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sumitomo Precision Products Co. LTD. (Amagasaki, Japan).

"Heat exchange system, and fin structure of heat exchanger" was invented by Shota Hanafusa (Amagasaki, Japan) and Kenji Ando (Amagasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger (1) includes a heat exchanger (1) including a separate plate (10) and a first flow path (11) which is divided by a plurality of fin portions (13a) and through which air flows, a fan (2), and a control unit (3) that performs control for switching between a first mode where heat exchange is performed by forcing air to flow in and a second mode where h...