US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 11 for "Aircraft heat exchangers and plates" (Connecticut, Florida, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,330, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aircraft heat exchangers and plates" was invented by Russell J. Bergman (South Windsor, Conn.), William D. Blickenstaff (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.), James F. Wiedenhoefer (Windsor, Conn.), Scott D. Virkler (Ellington, Conn.) and Jason D. Liles (Palmyra, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger plate for provides heat transfer between a first flow along a first flowpath and a second flow along a second flowpath. The heat exchanger plate comprised a body having: a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a leading edge along the second flowpath...