ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,793, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Shell and tube heat exchanger with flexible diaphragm" was invented by Adam C. Felton (Grove City, Pa.), Kevin Bailey (Mercer, Pa.) and Manuel Licon Flores (Erie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat transfer apparatus includes an outer shell, an internal core body, and a flexible diaphragm extending from the core body to an interior surface of the outer shell. The shell includes a first inlet that receives a first fluid, a second inlet that receives a second fluid, a first outlet through which the first fluid exits the shell, and a second ...