ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,086, issued on July 1, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).
"Cooling module for a motor vehicle comprising a tangential flow turbomachine" was invented by Kamel Azzouz (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France), Sebastien Garnier (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France) and Amrid Mammeri (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilation device (24) for a cooling module (22) of a motor vehicle (10) comprises a tangential flow turbomachine (28-1; 28-2) with an impeller wheel (32-1; 32-2), a frame (30) forming a recess (30-1; 30-2) for receiving the impeller wheel (32-1; 32-2), flaps (52-1; 52-...