Heat exchange – Tubular structure – With support or flow connector
Patent
1996-12-16
1998-05-12
Leo, Leonard R.
Heat exchange
Tubular structure
With support or flow connector
165158, 165173, 21912164, 228183, F28F 918
Patent
active
057494142
ABSTRACT:
A heat exchanger assembly and method of making same are disclosed. A plurality of thin walled aluminum tubes are connected to a tube bottom. The tubes are first inserted into the tube support openings in the tube bottom with tube ends flush with a collecting space side of the tube bottom. The tube ends are then welded by a laser beam guided around the circumference of the respective tube ends.
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Damsohn Herbert
Schmitz Albert
Behr GmbH & Co.
Leo Leonard R.
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