Heat exchanger with a bundle of parallel tubes, in particular for a motor vehicle
US5318113A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F9/165
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat exchanger, especially a heat exchanger for use in a motor vehicle as an engine cooling or cabin heating radiator, comprises a bundle of parallel tubes, a header plate formed with holes, each of which receives the respective ends of a plurality of adjacent tubes forming part of a common group of tubes in the bundle, and a compressible sealing gasket interposed between the edge of the hole and the ends of the tubes in the group. At least one of the tube ends in a group of tubes received in any one hole in the header plate has a different geometry from the end of the other tube or tubes in the same group.
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