ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,312, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SANHUA (HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).
"Connector and heat exchanger having same" was invented by Zhihao Shi (Zhejiang, China), Qiang Gao (Zhejiang, China), Xujiao Huang (Zhejiang, China) and Xiaoming Zhong (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a tubular portion, a flange portion, and a first protruding portion. The tubular portion includes a first through hole and a first wall, the first wall is arranged around the first through hole, and the first wall includes a first end face that includes a first opening. The flange portion...