US Patent Issued to Resource Intl on Oct. 14 for "Automotive locking ring and intercooler with carbonfiber end tank" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,602, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Resource Intl Inc. (New Castle, Del.).

"Automotive locking ring and intercooler with carbonfiber end tank" was invented by Kevin McCardle (Philadelphia) and Dan Tafe (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for attaching two automotive components comprising different materials having different coefficients of expansion, comprising providing a flange around a perimeter of each of the components, wherein at least one component defines a plenum contiguous to the perimeter, providing corresponding inner faces of the flanges, providing a channel in at ...