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US 5,209,290 AGranted
Heat exchanger
AssigneeSanden Corporation
InventorHitoshi Chigira
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Abstract
A heat exchanger body is connected in fluid communication with external tubing via tube fittings. The tube fittings are supported by a supporting member that is brazed to the heat exchanger body. The supporting member can securely support the tube fitting. The supporting member can be brazed together with the heat exchanger body, thus making assembly and fabrication of the heat exchanger easier.
Claims15
A heat exchanger including a heat exchanger body comprising:
- a plurality of parallel heat transfer tube segments fluidly interconnected to define at least one flow path for a heat transfer medium;
- a plurality of corrugated fin units selectively attached between said tube segments;
- an inlet tube fitting and an outlet tube fitting, both of said fittings being attached to said heat exchanger body in fluid communication with said heat transfer tube segments for providing a path of ingress and egress for said heat transfer medium in said heat exchanger body;
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- support members secured to said heat exchanger body, each support member having an engaging surface which corresponds to the outer surface of at least one of said inlet and outlet tube fittings, said engaging surface of each of said support members contacting the outer surface of one of said inlet and outlet tube fittings and being secured thereto to hold said inlet and outlet tube fittings in fixed position relative to said heat exchanger body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.