Heat exchanger with adapter
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorsMark G. Voss, Dennis C. Granetzke
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Abstract
The lack of flexibility in selecting locations for inlets or outlets or crossovers for a heat exchange fluid in a heat exchanger can be minimized in a heat exchanger construction including first and second spaced, generally parallel, tubular headers (10), (12) having opposed ends with a plurality of tubes (20) in parallel and spaced from one another which extend between and have their ends in fluid communication with the interior of the headers (10), (12). An adapter in fluid communication with the interior of the headers (10), (12) is fixed to the exterior of the heat exchanger to place the heat exchanger in communication with fluid conduits that may be disposed in a variety of locations in relation to the heat exchanger.
Claims13
A heat exchanger comprising:
- first and second spaced, generally parallel, tubular headers having opposed ends;
- a plurality of tubes in parallel and spaced from one another extending between and having their ends in fluid communication with the interiors of said headers;
- a plurality of fins located between said headers and in heat exchange relation with said plurality of tubes;
- side pieces flanking said plurality of tubes and plurality of fins and extending between and fastened to corresponding ones of said opposed ends of said headers, one of said side pieces including an internal passage terminating in a first port at and in fluid communication with one of said headers at one of said opposed ends and a second port at the other end of said passage;
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- an adaptor having a first duct in communication with said first port and a second duct in communication with said second port thereby extending said internal passage, said internal passage terminating at a first adaptor port and a second adaptor port spaced from said first and second ports respectively.
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a pair of side by side, heat exchange modules, each of said modules including first and second spaced, generally parallel, tubular headers having opposed ends and a plurality of spaced tubes extending in parallel with one another between the first and second headers, the ends of the tubes being in fluid communication with the interiors of the first and second headers;
- a plurality of fins located between the headers and bonded to the plurality of tubes in heat exchange relation therewith;
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- side pieces flanking said plurality of tubes and said plurality of fins and extending between and fastened to corresponding ones of the opposed ends of the headers;
- one of said side pieces including three internal passages, each terminating in spaced first and second ports;
- the first ports of two of said passages being in fluid communication with the first headers of respective ones of said modules;
- the second ports of said two passages being located on said side piece and remote from said tubes in said fins;
- the first port of the third passage being in fluid communication with the second header of one of said modules and the second port of the third passage being in fluid communication with the second header of the other module to define a crossover passage;
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- a generally flat adaptor mounted on said one side piece and including a pair of internal passages, each of said internal passage having a third port aligned with and in fluid communication with a respective one of said second ports, and each of said internal passages having a fourth port spaced from the associated third port and on the opposite side of the adaptor from said third ports, said fourth ports being adapted to be connected as a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet for said heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.