US Patent Issued to RTX on Nov. 25 for "Cast plate heat exchanger and method of making using directional solidification" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,721, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Cast plate heat exchanger and method of making using directional solidification" was invented by Michael A. Disori (Glastonbury, Conn.), Steven J. Bullied (Pomfret Center, Conn.), Ryan C. Breneman (West Hartford, Conn.), John Marcin (Marlborough, Conn.), David J. Hyland (Portland, Conn.), William P. Stillman (Sturbridge, Mass.) and Carl R. Verner (Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cast part includes an outermost wall, at least one inner wall defining at least two internal passages and at least one cast cooling fin extending from an outer surface. Th...