ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,853, issued on April 22, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Heat transfer device with nested layers of helical fluid channels" was invented by Douglas H. Van Affelen (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Arun Muley (San Pedro, Calif.) and Michael F. Stoia (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to heat transfer devices having nested layers of helical fluid channels. In some examples, a device for transferring heat includes a set of nested tubular walls and a plurality of helical walls intersecting each of the nested tubular walls to form one or more first channel l...