ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,313, issued on July 29, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Variable passages to optimize delta p and heat transfer along flow path" was invented by Christopher Ryan Cosher (Vernon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger including an internal passage extending from a first inlet end to a first outlet end; a first longitudinal length extending from the first inlet end to the first outlet end; an inner surface of the passage including a first augmentation feature disposed along the first longitudinal length across the inner surface; an outer surface extending from a second inlet end to a second outlet end, th...