Patent · US Expired

Method of making a heat exchanger

US4744505A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 13, 1986
Grant dateMay 17, 1988
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49375
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A new and improved automotive heat exchanger and a method of assembling tubes in a header of a heat exchanger comprising, shaping the ends of non-circular cross section tubes into a substantially circular cross section, forming collared openings of substantially circular cross section in a header wall, inserting the tube ends into the openings, welding the tube ends to the collars, and bonding the tubes to the header wall.

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