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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Inventor:
Tobias H. Sienel, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Assignee:
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 9/00 (2006.01); F28F 9/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 9/0135 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a body portion and a pair of end plates at least partially forming an enclosure with the body portion. A plurality of tubes extend through at least one of the body portion and the pair of end plates. At least one tube sheet includes a plurality of openings with a corresponding one of the plurality of tubes located in one of the plurality of openings. The tube sheet is made of a material which expands in the presence of refrigerant.