Norman F Costello from 3447 Colonel Vanderhorst Cir, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466, age 82, Phone: (843)8813362

Tab Joint Between Coolant Tube And Header
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US Patent:

53660064, Nov 22, 1994
Filed:

Mar 1, 1993
Appl. No.:

8/024414
Inventors:

James W. B. Lu - West Bloomfield MI
Norman F. Costello - Farmington Hills MI
Kevin E. Stay - Grapevine TX
Herbert Damsohn - Aichwald, DE
Assignee:

McCord Heat Transfer Corporation - Walled Lake MI
Behr GmbH & Co. - Stuttgart
International Classification:

F28F 902
US Classification:

165173
Abstract:

A heat exchanger including a joint (26) for joining the end (28) of a coolant tube (12) to a header (14). The header (14) includes an aperture (22) extending therethrough with a ferrule (24) circumferentially disposed thereabout. At least one tab (32) extends upward from the ferrule (24) for providing attachment to the end (28) of the coolant tube (12).

Evaporator With Improved Condensate Collection
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US Patent:

RE370401, Feb 6, 2001
Filed:

Apr 2, 1991
Appl. No.:

7/679660
Inventors:

Gregory G. Hughes - Milwaukee WI
Norman F. Costello - Farmington Hills MI
Leon Guntly - Racine WI
Assignee:

Modine Manufacturing Company - Racine WI
International Classification:

F25D 2114
US Classification:

62288
Abstract:

An evaporator is made up of a plurality of heat exchange modules each in turn made up of an elongated lower header 30 of non rectangular cross section and having a plurality of tubes 40 mounted by the header 30 along its length and extending therefrom in side by side relation. The tubes 40, in the direction transversely of the header 30 are stacked and assembled together with the lower headers in sealing abutment with each other and defining upwardly opening channels 56. Sets of serpentine fins 44 can extend between adjacent tubes 40 in each module and/or between the plurality of modules.