ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,546, issued on April 14, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Hybrid flow heat exchangers" was invented by Victor Luis Marrero Ortiz (Yabucoa, Puerto Rico), Taren DeHart (Columbus, Ind.), Jacob W. Brown (Columbus, Ind.), Brett A. Boas (Columbus, Ind.) and Stephen Joseph Waymeyer (Batavia, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment is a heat exchanger comprising a shell surrounding a first fluid plenum, a plurality of flow chamber walls positioned inside the shell, and a diffuser positioned inside the shell. The plurality of flow chamber walls: at least partially define a plurality of first fluid radial flow channe...