Patent ID: 9360258
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: F28F

Claim Text:
1. An air cooled, finned heat exchanger tube, comprising: a metallic tube through which fluid to be cooled is flowable along a direction of a longitudinal axis of the metallic tube, wherein an outer surface of said tube comprises an array of indentations formed on the external circumference of the tube, each of said indentations being elongated, on the external circumference of the tube, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the metallic tube and a plurality of axially spaced fins, each of which comprises a main element formed with enhanced heat transfer promoting patterns and a base angled with respect to said main element, wherein the bases of said fins are frictionally and irremovably secured within said indentations such that said tube outer surface is completely covered by the bases of said fins.