ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,871, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Heat exchanger" was invented by Nobuhide Hara (Tokyo), Koichi Tanimoto (Tokyo), Tadahiko Suzuta (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Nakaharai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes a pipe main body forming a flow path to which a first fluid is supplied, a pair of partition plates defining an enclosed space, a plurality of heat transfer tubes, a supply portion configured to supply a second fluid into the enclosed space, a discharge portion configured to discharge the second fluid in the enclosed space, and a flow path forming portion forming a p...