ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,613, issued on April 8, was assigned to VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

"Heat exchanger, housing and air conditioning circuit comprising such an exchanger" was invented by Olivier Maquin (Reims, France), Jerome Mougnier (Le Mesnil Saint-Denis, France) and Bruno Rose (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heat exchanger, housing and air conditioning circuit comprising such an exchanger A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of tubes (2), arranged in a first and a second row (3A, 3B), and through which a refrigerant is intended to circulate; a first and a second header tank (4, 5) ins...