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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Yanping Xia, Williamsville, NY (US);
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a header, a plurality of tubes, and a distributor. The header is configured to contain refrigerant and define an opening proximate to a termination end of the header. The plurality of tubes extends away from and is fluidicly coupled to the header. The plurality of tubes includes a first group of adjacent tubes characterized as located further away from the opening than a second group of adjacent tubes. The distributor is located within the header and spaced apart from the opening such that a first portion of the refrigerant in the first group of tubes does flow through the distributor, and a second portion of the refrigerant in the first group of tubes does not flow through the distributor.