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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tim Van Evans, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Matthew John Zaluzec, Canton, MI (US);
Gerald Adam Grab, Trenton, MI (US);
Henry Mehraban, Northville, MI (US);
Ronald Paul Cooper, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Walter Leon Winterbottom, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165133 ; 29890054 ; 148 23 ; 228183 ; 228219 ; 228223 ;
Abstract
A heat exchanger assembly includes at least one tube having an internal surface and an external surface, a composition cladding having at least lithium and magnesium applied to either one of the internal surface and external surface of the tube, and at least one component disposed adjacent the composition cladding, whereby the tube and component are joined together during a controlled atmosphere brazing process.