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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Satya Gullapalli, Oxnard, CA (US);
Bruce Hotton, Oxnard, CA (US);
Juan Garcia, Oxnard, CA (US);
Amin Akbarimonfared, Oxnard, CA (US);
Juan Carlos Montanez, Oxnard, CA (US);
Kevin Williams, Oxnard, CA (US);
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A water heater can include a baffle and a slab heat exchanger with at least two rows of heat exchanger tubes, each row comprising a plurality of heat exchanger tubes. At least one of the heat exchanger tubes comprises a tube and a plurality of fins on the exterior of the tube circumscribing the tube, wherein the outer edge of each fin of the plurality of fins is bent at least at the same three areas of each fin such that the bends form at least three flat or concave areas running along the length of the heat exchanger tube.