Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flat tube, flat tube heat exchanger, and method of manufacturing same
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Application No.: US12176188Application Date: 2008-07-18
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Publication No.: US08091621B2Publication Date: 2012-01-10
- Inventor: Werner Zobel , Jens Nies , Bernhard Stephan , Charles James Rogers , Thomas Feldhege
- Applicant: Werner Zobel , Jens Nies , Bernhard Stephan , Charles James Rogers , Thomas Feldhege
- Applicant Address: US WI Racine
- Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
- Current Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Racine
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: DE102006002627 20060119; DE102006002789 20060120; DE102006002932 20060121; DE102006006670 20060214; DE102006016711 20060408; DE102006029378 20060627; DE102006032406 20060713; DE102006033568 20060720; DE102006035210 20060729; DE102006041270 20060902; DE102006042427 20060909
- Main IPC: F28F1/40
- IPC: F28F1/40

Abstract:
A number of flat tubes, flat tube heat exchangers, and methods of manufacturing both are described and illustrated. The flat tubes can be constructed of one, two, or more pieces of sheet material. A profiled insert integral with the flat tube or constructed from another sheet of material can be used to define multiple flow channels through the flat tube. The flat tubes can be constructed of relatively thin material, and can be reinforced with folds of the flat tube material and/or of an insert in areas subject to higher pressure and thermal stresses. Also, the relatively thin flat tube material can have a corrosion layer enabling the material to resist failure due to corrosion. Heat exchangers having such flat tubes connected to collection tubes are also disclosed, as are manners in which such tubes can be provided with fins.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090020278A1 FLAT TUBE, FLAT TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Public/Granted day:2009-01-22
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