Extruded tank pocket design for separator
October 26, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesBaffle for tubular header Baffle for tubular heat exchanger header Combination radiator and condenser apparatus for motor vehicle Heat exchanger Heat exchanger with an extruded tank Heat exchanger Manifold assembly for a parallel flow heat exchanger Manifold assembly for a parallel flow heat exchanger Patent #: 5152339 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 966498 filed on 10/26/1992US Classes:165/173, With manifold type header or header plate165/126, Single inlet, plural outlets165/174With internal flow directorExaminersPrimary: Flanigan, Allen J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassF28F 009/00AbstractA heat exchanger apparatus includes a pair of tanks with parallel tube passes and air centers connected therebetween for cooling the engine fluid, such as a coolant, by the air intake stream to the vehicle. The tanks are formed by an extrusion forming three sides thereof and a header is brazed thereto for forming the fluid chamber in the tanks. The extrusion includes a die formed pocket therein to receive the sides and one end of a partition member and the second end of the partition member is curved to abut the header. The curved second end has flanged ears therein that seat in segments of the die formed pocket which are laterally outwardly of spaced sides segments of the pocket to position the partition within the pocket so that an outer surface thereon will be positioned against a header to form a braze seal between the partition and both the header and the extruded tank. | |
