ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,286, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG (Munich).
"Device and method for cooling a heat exchanger" was invented by Barnaby Law (Starnberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device and a method for cooling a heat exchanger of a fuel cell of a flight propulsion drive outside of a flight phase of an aircraft. The flight propulsion drive has an air line with at least one compressor for feeding compressed air for the operation of the fuel cell. A flow amplifier is arranged in the region of the heat exchanger, and is configured to guide air onto a cooling surface of the heat exchanger, wher...