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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P Nikkanen, West Hartford, CT (US);
Steven D Sandahl, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Steven H Zysman, Amston, CT (US);
John C DiTomasso, Agawam, MA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
602261 ; 60262 ; 60266 ;
Abstract
An inlet-outlet module 108 having both an inlet 58 and an outlet 62 for a heat exchanger system 52 is disclosed. Various construction details which improve the stiffness to weight ratio and the aerodynamic smoothness are developed. In one embodiment, the module 108 is formed of a one piece casting having a lobed mixer 94 at the outlet.