US Patent Issued to Intergalactic Spaceworx on Sept. 16 for "Heat exchange header with refrigerant distribution by capillary wicking porous insert" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,453, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Intergalactic Spaceworx LLC (St. George, Utah).

"Heat exchange header with refrigerant distribution by capillary wicking porous insert" was invented by Cole Sorensen (Hurricane, Utah) and Andrew Kerlin (St. George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger including a tube stack having a plurality of microtubes configured to transfer heat from a refrigerant to an external fluid. The heat exchanger includes an inlet housing disposed adjacent to a fluid-inlet side of the tube stack. The inlet housing includes a reservoir where refrigerant is stored and where, due to gravity, liquid o...