ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,967, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Oil cooler" was invented by Naoki Marukawa (Susono, Japan) and Hiroto Kusaka (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil cooler for cooling an oil with a cooling water, the oil being for lubricating a transaxle in a state of being attached to the case for accommodating the transaxle, includes: an oil inlet opening on a mounting surface attached to the case; an oil outlet opening on the mounting surface; a first opening, which is an opening on the mounting surface, for cooling water; and a second opening, which is an opening on a portion other than ...