US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on April 14 for "Compact modular hybrid heat exchanger (CMH2X)" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,437, issued on April 14, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Compact modular hybrid heat exchanger (CMH2X)" was invented by Chad A. Siemering (Marion, Iowa), Martin J. Jennings (Oxford, Iowa) and Levi D. Van Oort (Clarence, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid cooling approach uses both conduction and convection cooling for circuit cards. The hybrid cooling approach also isolates sensitive circuitry in the circuit cards from the ambient environment. The hybrid cooling approach uses an electronic module with a heat spreader. The heat spreader is coupled to the circuit card. The heat spreader defines o...