Heat exchanger with a baffle reinforcement member

US9328966B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Modine Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

• Thomas Brauning · Stuttgart, DE
• Jorg Soldner · Ehningen, DE
• Thomas Hofmann · San Diego, US
• Brian Merklein · Hartford, US
• Gregg D. Olson · Racine, US
• Mark Kazikowski · Union Grove, US
• Roy J. Ingold · Racine, US
• Jochen Orso · Reutlingen, DE
• Jorg Wille · Stuttgart, DE
• Joachim Wollmershäuser · Wiernsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2010
• Grant date: May 3, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28F2275/122
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes, a collection tank having an inlet port and an internal chamber in fluid communication with the plurality of tubes, a header coupled to the collection tank and having a plurality of apertures each dimensioned to receive a corresponding tube, a gasket separating the header from the collection tank and sealing a gap between the header and the collection tank, and a reinforcement retaining the gasket in position between the header and the collection tank. The reinforcement includes a first web extending across the internal chamber and a second web spaced apart from the first web and extending across the internal chamber. The heat exchanger also includes a baffle coupled to and extending between the first web and the second web. The baffle extends across at least a portion of the internal chamber between the inlet port and the plurality of tubes.