Modine Manufacturing Company

Jorg Wille

Gregg D Olson

Brian Merklein

Jochen Orso

Roy J Ingold

Mark Kazikowski

Joachim Wollmershäuser

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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Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany

Jorg Wille