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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2008
Brian Merklein, Hartford, WI (US);
Gregg D. Olson, Racine, WI (US);
Mark Kazikowski, Union Grove, WI (US);
Jochen Orso, Reutlingen, DE;
Jorg Wille, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Roy J. Ingold, Racine, WI (US);
Joachim Wollmershäuser, Wiernsheim, DE;
Brian Merklein, Hartford, WI (US);
Gregg D. Olson, Racine, WI (US);
Mark Kazikowski, Union Grove, WI (US);
Jochen Orso, Reutlingen, DE;
Jorg Wille, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Roy J. Ingold, Racine, WI (US);
Joachim Wollmershäuser, Wiernsheim, DE;
Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger having a collection tank having an internal chamber and a header connected to the collection tank and receiving a number of flat tubes through apertures in the header. A reinforcing member received within the collection tank and/or the header functions to reinforce the header and/or the collection tank in applications where these elements are subject to internal pressures that would otherwise deform the header and/or collection tank to an unacceptable extent. The heat exchanger may include a curved gasket on each flat tube to match the shape of the flat tubes and a curved header. Also, another gasket can be located between a metal or plastic collection tank and a plastic or metal header, respectively, to prevent leakage therebetween.