ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,690, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co KG (Hanau, Germany).

"Regenerator for a magnetic heat exchanger and heat exchanger" was invented by Matthias Katter (Hanau, Germany), Alexander Barcza (Hanau, Germany), Hugo Abdiel Vieyra Villegas (Hanau, Germany), Kilian Bartholome (Ebringen, Germany), Lena Maria Maier (Freiburg, Germany), Patrick Corhan (Freiburg, Germany), Manuel Naher (Solden, Germany) and Christian Vogel (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A regenerator for a magnetic heat exchanger is provided. The regenerator comprises a housing having a chamber, an inlet and outlet for a working medium, and a...