US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Heat exchanger with expansion joint insert for thermal expansion and external force tolerance" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,240, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Heat exchanger with expansion joint insert for thermal expansion and external force tolerance" was invented by Douglas J. Snyder (Indianapolis) and Michel S. Smallwood (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-piece heat exchanger for transferring heat between a hot working fluid and a coolant according to the disclosure includes a multi-piece shell, a core, and first and second expansion joints. The multi-piece shell is arranged around an axis and receives coolant therein. The core is located within the shell and direct a...