Continuous corrugated heat exchanger and method of making same
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Paul Tavi, James Harvey Hornsby, IV, Darrel Paul Massman
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Abstract
A continuous corrugated heat exchanger and method of making same includes a plurality of contiguous plates and a plurality of tabs disposed between adjacent plates. The plates include a plurality of refrigerant plates having a plurality of beads and at least one blank plate at each end of the refrigerant plates forming an end sheet. The refrigerant sheets are folded bellows-like to form a stack and the end sheet is folded on a top and bottom of the stack and connected thereto.
Claims10
A continuous corrugated heat exchanger comprising:
- a plurality of contiguous plates;
- a plurality of tabs disposed between and joined to adjacent plates;
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- said plates comprising a plurality of refrigerant plates having a plurality of beads and at least one blank plate at each end of said refrigerant plates having blanked end portions, said at least one blank plate being formed by stamping one of said refrigerant plates flat thereby forming an end sheet, said at least one blank plate comprising a flat stamping and being joined to one of said refrigerant plates by said tabs, wherein said refrigerant plates are folded bellows-like to form a stack and said end sheet is folded on a top and bottom of said stack.
A continuous corrugated heat exchanger comprising:
- a plurality of contiguous plates;
- a plurality of tabs disposed between and joined to adjacent plates;
- and
- said plates comprising a plurality of refrigerant plates having a plurality of beads and at least one blank plate at each end of said refrigerant plates being flat and having blanked end portions to form an end sheet, said at least one blank plate comprising a flat stamping and being joined to one of said refrigerant plates by said tabs, wherein said refrigerant plates are folded bellows-like to form a stack and said end sheet is folded on a top and bottom of said stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.