ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,928, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Aircraft heat exchanger" was invented by James F. Wiedenhoefer (Windsor, Conn.), Russell J. Bergman (South Windsor, Conn.) and Patrick M. Hart (Enfield, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger plate provides heat transfer between a first flow along a first flowpath and a second flow along a second flowpath. The heat exchanger plate has a substrate having: a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a leading edge along the second flowpath and a trailing edge along the second flowpath; a proximal portion having a plurality of inlet ports al...