ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,037, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Flexural support for heat exchanger cores" was invented by Jason A. Ryon (Carlisle, Iowa), Raffi Mangoyan (Manchester, Conn.) and Ousmane Gaye (Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core, a pressure housing, and a flex beam. The pressure housing at least partially defines a core chamber. The flex beam extends between and connects the heat exchanger core and the pressure housing such that the heat exchanger core is suspended away from the pressure housing within the core chamber by the flex beam. The ...