ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,118, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Grid arrayed microtube heat exchanger with midspan support components" was invented by Jon Erik Sobanski (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Jacob C. Snyder (East Haddam, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grid arrayed microtube heat exchanger with vibration dampening support including an upper portion comprising an upper portion support wall having multiple upper portion receivers; a lower portion comprising a lower portion support wall having multiple lower portion receivers; a grid array comprising multiple rows of the lower portion receivers and the upper portion re...