Modine Manufacturing Company

Be A Ware

Jason Braun

David Janke

Kevin G Clabots

Robert M Melby

Joey D Brown

The present invention provides a charge air cooler for transferring heat between a coolant and charge air including a charge air inlet tank, a charge air outlet tank spaced from the inlet tank, a housing connecting the inlet and outlet tanks to define a charge air flow path from the inlet tank to the outlet tank, and a plurality of plate pairs extending into the charge air flow path from, and substantially perpendicular to, a first wall of the housing. Each of the plate pairs can define a multi-pass path for the coolant. Elongated spacers can be positioned between adjacent plate pairs to define the first wall of the housing. The housing can include a second wall opposite the first wall, and the plate pairs can be spaced away from the second wall in order to accommodate differences in thermal expansion between the plate pairs and the housing.

Stacked/bar plate charge air cooler including inlet and outlet tanks

A stacked, embossed plate heat exchanger () is provided for transferring heat between a first fluid flowing in a plurality of U-shaped flow paths () through the heat exchanger () and a second fluid flowing in a plurality of U-shaped flow paths () through the heat exchanger (). Embossed beads () and () are provided in each of the plates (A,B) and are embossed on opposite sides of the plate (A,B) to mate with corresponding ones of the beads () and () on adjacent plates (A,B) to define the respective U-shaped flow paths ().

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Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

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