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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Buchanan, Olcott, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ; F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165149 ; 165173 ; 29890052 ;
Abstract
A locking heat exchanger apparatus includes a pair of longitudinal tank units each establishing a fluid chamber therein and formed of separate headers and tanks. A core comprising parallel tube passes and air centers therebetween is connected between the tank units in fluid communication with the fluid chambers. The headers and tanks include flanges extending about the periphery thereof having notches therein. A locking bar includes cross arms received within the notches and interconnecting to longitudinal, parallel bars which abut the flanges of the tank and header for locking the tank with the header for brazing thereof.