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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Jay Korth, Kenosha, WI (US);
Geoff Smith, Jackson, TN (US);
Inventors:
Jay Korth, Kenosha, WI (US);
Geoff Smith, Jackson, TN (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of increasing thermal efficiency around a plurality of tubes in a heat exchanger. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of tubes having a predetermined end configuration and a header having a number of openings corresponding to the plurality of tube. The openings are disposed in an end-to-end array wherein the predetermined end configurations touch. Finally the method secures an end of each of the plurality of tubes into a corresponding one of each of the openings in the header.