Patent · US Expired

Method of marking tube to header joint in a vehicle radiator

US5423112A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 1991
Grant dateJun 13, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49393
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a vehicle radiator including joining the liquid conducting tubes to the tank headers by punching holes with upstanding collars in the headers and inserting a tube end in each collar, each collar to tubing joint being formed by welding an intermediate portion of the joint and filling the rest with solder thereby forming a composite joint of weld and solder with additional solder forming a fillet behind the weld.

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