Patent ID: 11885573
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 4:
5. A heat exchanger for providing thermal energy transfer between a first flow along a first flowpath and a second flow along a second flowpath, the heat exchanger comprising:
at least one plate bank comprising a plurality of plates of claim 1;
a manifold having:
a first face to which the plurality of plates are mounted along their respective proximal edges;
an inlet plenum having at least one inlet port and at least one outlet port; and
an outlet plenum having at least one outlet port and at least one inlet port, the first flowpath passing from the at least one inlet port of the inlet plenum, through the at least one passageway of each of the plurality of plates, and through the at least one outlet port of the outlet plenum,, wherein:
for each plate, the manifold first face has a respective associated slot capturing the mounting rail of the associated plate to prevent extraction of the plate normal to the manifold first face.