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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kathleen L Frazier, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kevin B Wise, Connersville, IN (US);
Michael A Breda, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165153 ; 165176 ;
Abstract
A plate-fin heat exchanger 10 is disclosed including a plurality of flat pipes 14 interleaved with a plurality of fin members 16. The flat pipes 14 are formed from a plurality of plate members 12. The heat exchanger 10 also includes a plurality of fin members 16 and a pair of fluid manifolds 22, 24. The manifolds 22, 24 engage the heat exchanger 10 along either of two axes which are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tank 20 of the heat exchanger 10.