Modine Manufacturing Company

Thomas M Shields

Jeffrey Alan Logic

Lawrence W Gabbey

Donald Lightner

Robert J DeGroot

Richard J Trapp

Gregory DaPra

Richard Mark De Keuster

Rachel Olsonawski

Noorulhaq Pandit

A tank to header attachment construction for heat exchangers include T-shaped tabs on the header which extend through slots in a flange on a tank. The top bar of each tab has it ends bent out of alignment with the slot to secure the tank to the header.

Plastic tanked heat exchanger-side, header tank assembly

An elongate manifold construction ( ) having an longitudinal axis ( ) is provided for use in a heat exchanger ( ) having a plurality of tubes ( ). The manifold construction ( ) includes an elongated tank piece ( ) and an elongated header piece ( ). A plurality of embossed beads ( ) having openings ( ) therein that are engaged by tabs ( ) spaced along the longitudinal axis ( ) to maintain the tank and header pieces ( ) in proper alignment with each other so as to obtain a suitable bond joint therebetween during a bonding operation.

Manifold for heat exchanger

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Racine, WI, United States of America

Thomas M Shields