ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,547, issued on April 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Extruded connected microtube and heat exchanger" was invented by Jon Erik Sobanski (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Jacob C. Snyder (East Haddam, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger assembly includes an inlet manifold that is configured to receive a working fluid, a plurality of microtube assemblies that define corresponding plurality passages for the working fluid and an outlet manifold that is configured to exhaust the working fluid. The plurality of microtube assemblies include a one-piece unitary structure that has a web portion that extends betwe...