ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,040, issued on May 13, was assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Co. (Atlanta).
"Fastening device for coupling ducts of heat exchanger" was invented by Arash Asl Jafari (Oxnard, Calif.), Miguel Mendoza (Oxnard, Calif.), Babak Bagheri (Oxnard, Calif.), Christina Miller (Oxnard, Calif.) and Aaron Abraham Weaver (Stoystown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening device for fluid tightly coupling a first duct body and a second duct body of a heat exchanger is provided. The fastening device includes a support member to couple with a connecting edge of the first duct body. The support member includes a pivot pin and a locking device disp...