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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Michael Zager, Windsor, CT (US);
Donald E. Army, Enfield, CT (US);
George Kan, West Hartford, CT (US);
Nigel Palmer, West Granby, CT (US);
Charles J. McColgan, West Granby, CT (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
A plate fin heat exchanger includes a plate fin core having a plurality of plates defining a set of hot air passages extending from a hot air inlet region of the plate fin core to a hot air outlet region of the plate fin core and a set of cool air passages extending from a cool air inlet region of the plate fin core to a cool air outlet region of the plate fin core. The plate fin heat exchanger further includes a mounting flange circumscribing the cool air outlet region. At least a portion of the mounting flange has a plurality of heat transfer structures that extend into a flow path of cooling air exiting the cool air outlet region of the plate fin core.