Heat exchanger header

US11460256B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Modine Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

• Simon Zielinski · Wheeling, US
• Matthew Hernigle · Greenfield, US
• James R. Prochniak · Racine, US
• John Kis · Kansasville, US
• Peter Kottal · Racine, US
• Vivek Shetty · Kenosha, US
• David Caucutt · Racine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28F2275/04
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A header for a heat exchanger includes a first and a second cylindrical fluid manifold extending in parallel. Each of the first and second manifolds have tube slots that extend through an arcuate wall section of the manifold. A thickened wall section of the header having a generally triangular wall section is bounded by the first and second fluid manifolds and by a planar outer surface of the header. An aperture extends through the thickened wall section to provide a fluid communication pathway between the first and second cylindrical fluid manifolds.