US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRANG on June 30 for "Phase change material heat exchanger" (Connecticut, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,292, issued on June 30, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRANG Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Phase change material heat exchanger" was invented by Raphael Mandel (West Hartford, Conn.), Joseph E. Turney (Amston, Conn.) and Ram Ranjan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger includes an outer shell enclosing an interior space. An inlet extends through the outer shell and is in fluidic communication with the interior space. An outlet extends through the outer shell and is in fluidic communication with the interior space. At least one phase change element is inside the interior space and includes a core comprising a phase cha...