Heat exchanger, heat exchanger tank, and method of making the same
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorsEric Dimmer, John Kis
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Abstract
A heat exchanger has a rectangular-shaped core having a plurality of fluid passages extending in a width direction and air fins interleaved between said fluid passages. The heat exchanger has tanks that define fluid manifolds located at opposite ends of the core and fluidly connected by the plurality of fluid passages between the tanks. The tanks each include a tank section with open ends and end caps that enclose the ends of the tank section. The tanks are assembled and attached to the core such that each of the end caps is located at each of four corners of the rectangular-shaped core.
Claims12
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a rectangular shaped core having a plurality of fluid passages extending therethrough in a width direction and air fins interleaved between said fluid passages;
- opposing side plates arranged at opposing ends of the core and bounding the core in a direction perpendicular to the width direction, the spacing between core facing sides of the opposing side plates defining a heat exchanger height;
- tank end caps being separately formed and arranged at each of four corners of the rectangular shaped core;
- a first tank section arranged at a first end of the core in the width direction, the first tank section extending between and joined to a first and second one of the tank end caps, the first tank section having a length that is less than the heat exchanger height;
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- a second tank section arranged at a second end of the core in the width direction opposite the first end, the second tank section extending between and joined to a third and fourth one of the tank end caps, the second tank section having a length that is less than the heat exchanger height,
- wherein the first tank section and first and second tank end caps together define a first fluid manifold and the second tank section and third and fourth tank end caps together define a second fluid manifold, the plurality of fluid passages providing for fluid communication between the first and second fluid manifolds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.