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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:
Nov. 22, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Lu, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Norman F Costello, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kevin E Stay, Grapevine, TX (US);
Herbert Damsohn, Aichwald, DE;
Assignees:
McCord Heat Transfer Corporation, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Behr GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165173 ; 285382 ;
Abstract
A heat exchanger including a joint (26) for joining the end (28) of a coolant tube (12) to a header (14). The header (14) includes an aperture (22) extending therethrough with a ferrule (24) circumferentially disposed thereabout. At least one tab (32) extends upward from the ferrule (24) for providing attachment to the end (28) of the coolant tube (12).