ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,074, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DANA CANADA Corp. (Oakville, Canada).
"Heat exchanger with alignment rib" was invented by Doug Vanderwees (Mississauga, Canada) and Eric J. Schouten (Hamilton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger in a system and manufacturing method for the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes an alignment rib positioned in a stack of plates. The alignment rib includes multiple non-circular in cross-section protrusions that mate with openings in adjoining plates in the stack of plates."
The patent was filed on March 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/184,370.
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