ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,795, issued on March 11, was assigned to DENSO International America Inc. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Heat exchanger with jumper pipe" was invented by John Vandermeer (Royal Oak, Mich.), Sean Schoneboom (Livonia, Mich.) and Jason Spenny (Berkley, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger is provided with a unitary, single-piece structure that can be formed via 3D printing, for example. The heat exchanger includes a main body a plurality of plates stacked and integrally formed with the body. First fluid channels are defined by gaps in the material of the main body, and second fluid channels are defined by gaps in the material o...