US Patent Issued to Valeo Systemes Thermiques on Aug. 25 for "Advanced disturbance elements for improving pipe performance" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,661, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Valeo Systemes Thermiques (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France).

"Advanced disturbance elements for improving pipe performance" was invented by Cedric De Vaulx (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Cedex, France), Erwan Etienne (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Cedex, France), Julio Guerra (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Cedex, France) and Kamel Azzouz (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube for a heat exchanger defining a fluid circulation channel is disclosed. The channel extends along a longitudinal direction and includes a first flat wall including at least one pair of disturbance elements. The p...