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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2009
Sunil I. Mathew, Peoria, IL (US);
Dan J. Becker, Peoria, IL (US);
Thomas J. Grabenstetter, Metamora, IL (US);
Daniel A. Piterski, Conover, NC (US);
William E. Donovan, Newton, NC (US);
Stephen M. Bertrand, Stony Point, NC (US);
Sunil I. Mathew, Peoria, IL (US);
Dan J. Becker, Peoria, IL (US);
Thomas J. Grabenstetter, Metamora, IL (US);
Daniel A. Piterski, Conover, NC (US);
William E. Donovan, Newton, NC (US);
Stephen M. Bertrand, Stony Point, NC (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger having a tube bundle disposed within a housing with a resilient end structure disposed in compressed, plug-forming relation at least partially across the heat exchanging cavity. The resilient end structure includes one or more boundary segments extending between an internal wall of the housing and the perimeter of the tube bundle. The boundary segment includes a combination of materials having differing compression characteristics providing enhanced support to the boundary segments.