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Heat exchanger with a tank reinforcement member

US9470461B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Modine Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

Brian Merklein · Hartford, US
Gregg D. Olson · Racine, US
Mark Kazikowski · Union Grove, US
Jochen Orso · Reutlingen, DE
Jorg Wille · Stuttgart, DE
Roy J. Ingold · Racine, US
Joachim Wollmershäuser · Wiernsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 3, 2008
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF28F2225/08
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat exchanger having a collection tank having an internal chamber and a header connected to the collection tank and receiving a number of flat tubes through apertures in the header. A reinforcing member received within the collection tank and/or the header functions to reinforce the header and/or the collection tank in applications where these elements are subject to internal pressures that would otherwise deform the header and/or collection tank to an unacceptable extent. The heat exchanger may include a curved gasket on each flat tube to match the shape of the flat tubes and a curved header. Also, another gasket can be located between a metal or plastic collection tank and a plastic or metal header, respectively, to prevent leakage therebetween.

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