ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,196, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Sound-attenuating heat exchangers and methods of exchanging heat and attenuating sound within sound-attenuating heat exchangers" was invented by Derek William Flett (Tulalip, Wash.), David W. Foutch (Seattle), Justin Honshune Lan (Bothell, Wash.) and James W. Peck (West Lafayette, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sound-attenuating heat exchangers and methods of exchanging heat and attenuating sound within sound-attenuating heat exchangers. The sound-attenuating heat exchangers include a base region, which defines a first base side and a second base side, a...