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Heat exchanger and method of producing

US7341098B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

12Claims

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Assignee

Modine Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

Viktor Brost · Neckartenzlingen, DE
Rainer Kasinger · Haiterbach, DE
Denis Bazika · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2006
Grant date	Mar 11, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49389
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat exchanger including a collecting tank having an outwardly extending flange around an edge, a tube plate having a connection edge, tubes having ends extending into openings in the tube plate, and an intermediate plate having an edge lying against the connection edge of the tube plate. The connection edges of the intermediate plate and the tube plate are both mechanically connected to the flange of the collecting tank. Pins in the corners of one of the tube plate and the intermediate plate secure the tube plate and intermediate plate together. The connection edge of the plates include protrusions bendable onto the edge flange of the collecting tank.

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