Heat exchange manifold
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorChristophe R. Getto
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Abstract
A heat exchanger comprising a pair of manifolds (42) which are spaced apart and substantially parallel; a plurality of tubes (44) interconnecting the manifolds, the tubes being spaced apart, substantially parallel, and inserted through slots (54) in the manifolds; an inlet tube connected to one of the manifolds; an outlet tube connected to one of the manifolds; a mounting bracket (66) attached to each manifold; and a stop member (56) positioned inside each manifold adjacent the slots which acts as an abutment for the inserted tubes; wherein each manifold with associated bracket and stop member is formed in one piece.
Claims5
A heat exchanger comprising a pair of manifolds which are spaced apart and substantially parallel;
- a plurality of tubes interconnecting the manifolds, the tubes being spaced apart, substantially parallel, and inserted through slots in the manifolds;
- an inlet tube connected to one of the manifolds;
- an outlet tube connected to one of the manifolds;
- a mounting bracket attached to each manifold;
- and a stop member positioned inside each manifold adjacent the slots which acts as an abutment for the inserted tubes;
- wherein each manifold with associated bracket and stop member is formed in one piece;
- and wherein each manifold with associated bracket and stop member is formed by rolling of a sheet of material to form the manifold with a longitudinal edge of the sheet positioned inside the manifold to define the stop member, and with a portion of the sheet directed away from the manifold substantially at a tangent thereto to define the mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.