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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Geoff Smith, Jackson, TN (US);
Jay Korth, Kenosha, WI (US);
Geoff Smith, Jackson, TN (US);
Jay Korth, Kenosha, WI (US);
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of at least one of increasing airflow around a plurality of tubes in a heat exchanger, and increasing the web in a header around such plurality of tubes, wherein the method includes the steps of providing a predetermined plurality of tubes having a predetermined end configuration, and a header having a predetermined number of openings. The predetermined number of openings are configured in a predetermined staggered array corresponding to the predetermined plurality of tubes, disposed in a heat exchanger. Finally, the method secures an end of each predetermined plurality of tubes into the predetermined number of openings in said header.