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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Nicholas Mazzocco, Clawson, MI (US);
Jason Hendry, Milford, MI (US);
Nicholas Mazzocco, Clawson, MI (US);
Jason Hendry, Milford, MI (US);
DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger assembly, such as a condenser, may employ a portion of a heat exchanger end tank to define a slot with a second portion of the end tank. The first and second portions define an interior volume of the end tank. A flared end of a side plate may reside within the slot and may have a straight portion having a first width, a first step portion having a second width that is wider than the first width, and a second step portion that has a third width that is wider than the second width. The flared end may have a tab that protrudes from the second step portion and that is symmetrical about a longitudinal axis of the side plate. The end tank may define a second slot where the tab resides when the flared end resides over an entire cross-sectional portion of a volume defined by end tank.