ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,859, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Heat exchanging plate and heat exchanger" was invented by Erik Gustav Ulrik Granryd (Taby, Sweden) and Marcello Masgrau Ghiglia (Binissalem, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes a plurality of plates of a first and a second type. The plates of the second type have a shape which is substantially mirrored to the shape of the plates of the first type. The plurality of plates of the first and the second type are arranged in a stack on top of each other, with plates of the first and second type arranged alternatingly, with correspond...