ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,197, issued on July 22, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (La Verriere, France).

"Cooling loop, in particular for a motor vehicle, and sensor fitted on board the loop" was invented by Cedric De Vaulx (La Verriere, France) and Kamel Azzouz (La Verriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cooling loop, in particular for a motor vehicle, the loop being configured to allow a heat exchange between a cooling liquid and a liquid to be cooled. According to the invention, the cooling loop includes an on-board sensor which is positioned at least partially in contact with the cooling liquid, the sen...