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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin C Murphy, Jamestown, NY (US);
Darrel C Christian, Jamestown, NY (US);
Jeffrey M Bentley, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Valeo Engine Cooling, Incorporated, Jamestown, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165173 ; 165153 ; 29890052 ; 228175 ; 228183 ;
Abstract
A vehicle radiator and method of manufacture comprising joining the liquid conducting tubes to the tank headers by punching holes with upstanding collars in the headers and inserting a tube end in each collar, each collar to tubing joint being formed by welding an intermediate portion of the joint and filling the rest with solder thereby forming a composite joint of weld and solder with additional solder forming a fillet behind the weld.