ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,477, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hydroniq Coolers AS (Ellingsoy, Norway) and Pleat AS (Stavanger, Norway).
"Heat exchanger" was invented by Rune Myklebust (Ellingsoy, Norway), Stein Oddvar Saegrov (Stavanger, Norway) and Otto Godeset (Stavanger, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular system for heat exchange between fluids includes two end plates. At least one end plate is configured with inlets and outlets for fluids. The modular system includes a number of heat exchanger elements and a number of guiding elements. Each heat exchanger element includes a folded sheet material including a plurality of slits extending in a...