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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2003
Makoto Tsujita, Hino, JP;
Keiichi Nakagome, Hino, JP;
Katsuji Inoue, Hino, JP;
Yoji Yamashita, Hachioji, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An EGR cooler including a flat box shell having an inlet for introducing cooling water and an outlet for discharging the cooling water, plates positioned at axial open ends of the shell to close the axial open ends thereof, hoods positioned at sides of the plates away from the shell to enclose end faces of the plates, tubes extending within the shell and having ends penetrating through the plates, the tubes for passing exhaust gas from one hood to the other for thermal exchange with the cooling water, guide plates curved away from the axial extension of the shell toward longer sides of the end face of the shell and provided in the hood on an inlet side of the exhaust gas, a bar positioned between the guide plates and extending in a direction of shorter sides of the end face of the shell for dividing a stream of the exhaust gas.