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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
John T. Knight, Norman, OK (US);
William L. Kopko, Jacobus, PA (US);
Stephen B. Pickle, Norman, OK (US);
Jose Ruel Yalung DE LA Cruz, Dover, PA (US);
Tony Clive Coleman, Swanley, GB;
Mahesh Valiya-naduvath, Lutherville, MD (US);
John T. Knight, Norman, OK (US);
William L. Kopko, Jacobus, PA (US);
Stephen B. Pickle, Norman, OK (US);
Jose Ruel Yalung de la Cruz, Dover, PA (US);
Tony Clive Coleman, Swanley, GB;
Mahesh Valiya-Naduvath, Lutherville, MD (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems and multi-slab heat exchangers are provided that include fluid connections for transmitting fluid between groups of tubes. The fluid connections may include generally tubular members fluidly connected to manifold sections. The fluid connections also may include partitioned manifolds containing tubes of different heights. Multichannel tubes are also provided that include a bent section configured to locate a flow path near a leading edge of a tube within one section and near a trailing edge of the tube within another section.