Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Ronald R Robinson

John M Bailey

Kenneth J Miller

Charles W Bucey

A heat exchanger tube has a first asymmetrically corrugated sheet portion having an opposite pair of longitudinally extending side edge portions, a plurality of substantially transversely extending ribs and a substantially uninterrupted inner surface, a second asymmetrically corrugated sheet portion having an opposite pair of longitudinally extending side edge portions, a plurality of substantially transversely extending ribs and a substantially uninterrupted inner surface, and at least one joint for connecting side edge portions of the first and second corrugated sheet portions forming a tube and providing an internal flow path for a first fluid and a plurality of external flow paths for a second fluid.

Heat exchanger tube and method of making same

A fuel injection nozzle with a valve assembly having an inwardly opening check valve is provided with an elongated valve body to space the valve spring away from the nozzle. The valve spring is mounted in a housing which is provided with a spherical seating arrangement within the valve body which provides an effective sealing arrangement as well as self-centering of the valve with its seat regardless of machining variations.

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Morton, IL, United States of America

Ronald R Robinson