ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,874, issued on July 15, was assigned to SPX Cooling Technologies Inc. (Overland Park, Kan.).
"Multiple mode hybrid heat exchanger" was invented by Jidong Yang (Overland Park, Kan.), Zan Liu (Overland Park, Kan.) and Kathryn Pullen (Overland Park, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple mode hybrid heat exchanger apparatus is disclosed. The heat exchange apparatus includes a frame assembly having a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, an indirect heat exchange section, a spray system, an intermediate distribution basin, and a direct heat exchange section. A vertical passage is defined by the...