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US 7,243,707 B2Granted
Flat tube exhaust heat exchanger with bypass
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorsViktor Brost, Christoph Ruf
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Abstract
A heat exchanger including flat tubes having cooling passages for a gas and a bypass for the gas separate from the cooling passages, and coolant channels defined between every two flat tubes adjacent the tube passages and spaced from the bypass of the tubes. The tubes define a cooled area adjacent the passages and an uncooled area adjacent the bypass substantially spaced from the channels.
Claims14
A heat exchanger, comprising:
- flat tubes including cooling passages for a gas and a bypass for said gas separate from said cooling passages;
- coolant channels defined between every two flat tubes adjacent said tube passages and spaced from said bypass of said tubes, whereby said tubes define a cooled area adjacent said passages and an uncooled area adjacent said bypass substantially spaced from said channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.