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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. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Buchanan, Olcott, NY (US);
Siegfried A Wasse, Grand Island, NY (US);
Thomas A Bowler, Lockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165173 ; 165D / ; 165176 ;
Abstract
An automotive condenser (10) includes spaced manifold assemblies (18) comprised of semicylindrical tanks (20), matching semicylindrical headers (22) and simple, circular disks (38) serving as manifold separators. The disks (38) are sandwiched between the tank (20) and header (22) with no need for orientation, and with no slots or through notches to pierce the surface of the tank (20) or header (22). The disks (38) sit within matching pairs of common diameter grooves (30, 36) which provide complete, continuous pockets therefore.