ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,117, issued on June 3, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Heat exchanger and method of operation" was invented by Daniel Alecu (Brampton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The heat exchanger can include one or more Helmholtz resonator having a cavity internal to the skin of the vehicle, the cavity delimited by a wall, the Helmholtz resonator having an aperture formed across the skin and fluidly connecting the cavity to the atmosphere, the cavity extending in the forward orientation of motion relative the aperture, an open cell structure filling at least a portion of the cavity; and a fluid passage i...