Modine Manufacturing Company

Richard A Bretl

Gregg D Olson

Peter C Kottal

Lawrence W Gabbey

James R Prochniak

Martin John Riniker

William J Kerkman

Charles E Goodremote

Craig D Endres

Dan R DeRosia

Jarin Simpson

John Lutz

Kevin J Robers

Tod T Kersher

David Mihalovich

Robert A Meyer

A heat exchanger () is provided with a PTO section () passing through its core (), with all of the components of the heat exchanger () being brazed together at the same time during assembly of the heat exchanger ().

Brazed aluminum radiator with PTO section and method of making the same

A simple, reliable bypass valve construction (50) is provided for use in conjunction with a donut oil cooler (16) having an aluminum multi-piece housing (28). The bypass valve construction (50) is easily accessible and readily replaceable so as to lend itself to serviceability. The invention is incorporated in an oil cooler (16) having a housing (28) with a coolant inlet and outlet (42) and (44), and a surface (26) adapted to be sealed against an oil filter (14). The oil cooler (16) includes a plurality of interconnected heat exchange units (21) located inside the housing (28), with an oil inlet to one of the units and an oil outlet from another of the units. An oil bypass is provided through at least some of the interconnected heat exchange units (21) and communicates with a bypass outlet (62) in the housing surface (26). The bypass outlet (62) is normally closed by a bypass valve (52) which includes a generally C-shaped, sheet-like resilient flapper (54) with a valve element (56) sized to close the bypass outlet (62) and located intermediate the ends of the flapper (54). The ends of the flapper (54) have feet (64) and (66) which are received in slots (68) and (70) in the housing surface (26) to mount the flapper (54) on the surface (26) and to at least nominally locate the valve element (56) with respect to the bypass outlet (62).

Oil cooler with a self-fastening, self-orienting pressure relief valve

Thermal and pressure related fatigue or stress in the header plates (26, 28) of a charge air cooler is avoided in a structure wherein the header plates (26, 28) are formed of a channel having a central web (80) flanked by legs (82, 84) and provided with apertures (86) for receiving the ends of tubes (36). The apertures (86), on the side thereof between the legs (82, 84), are provided with peripheral flanges (88, 90, 92, 94) and on the opposite side are substantially surrounded by concave camming surfaces (96, 98).

Aluminum charge air cooler and method of making the same

A tubular heat exchanger for liquids having a turbulator in a liquid flow tube offering low resistance to internal liquid flow. The liquid flow tube has an inside surface and transverse minor and major inner dimensions. The internal turbulator is elongated and comprises a heat conducting wire having successive, substantially canted undulations in contact with the tube's inner surface.

Tubular heat exchanger with turbulator

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Union Grove, WI, United States of America

Richard A Bretl