US 12,078,426 B2
Contoured wall heat exchanger
Ramon Martinez, Fairfield, OH (US); Nicolas Kristopher Sabo, West Chester, OH (US); Curt Edward Hogan, West Chester, OH (US); Michael Stephen Popp, Kings Park, NY (US); Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Mason, OH (US); and Jared Matthew Wolfe, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,310.
Application 17/074,212 is a division of application No. 15/816,499, filed on Nov. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,809,007, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 18/190,310 is a continuation of application No. 17/074,212, filed on Oct. 19, 2020, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228494 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F28F 7/02 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F28F 13/12 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 7/0033 (2013.01) [F28F 7/02 (2013.01); F28F 9/0265 (2013.01); F28F 9/0268 (2013.01); F28F 13/12 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0026 (2013.01); F28F 2009/0287 (2013.01); F28F 2255/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger comprising a heat exchanger body comprising:
a first heat exchanger manifold including a first transition member and a second transition member, the first transition member including a plurality of first major stiffeners and a plurality of first minor stiffeners and the second transition member including a plurality of second stiffeners;
a second heat exchanger manifold including third transition member and a fourth transition member, the third transition member including a plurality of third stiffeners and the fourth transition member including a plurality of fourth stiffeners; and
a plurality of sidewalls extending along an at least partially arcuate path between the first heat exchanger manifold and the second heat exchanger manifold, the plurality of sidewalls separated by a flow gap forming a plurality of working fluid passages alternating with a plurality of coolant fluid passages in thermal conduction communication with the plurality of working fluid passages.