Patent ID: 6374911
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: F28F

Abstract:
A charge air cooler for use with an internal combustion engine comprising:a pair of spaced, metal headers; spaced tube slots in each of said headers, with the slots in one header being aligned with slots in the other header to receive the ends of corresponding tubes; a pair of metal tanks, one for each header, metallurgically bonded to the corresponding headers on one side thereof; a plurality of elongated, metal tubes, one for each of the aligned slots in a header, extending between the headers and having opposite ends received in corresponding slots in the associated headers, said tube ends passing through at least said one header into the associated tank and past said one side of said one header; fluid tight metallurgical bonds securing said tube ends in the corresponding ones of said slots; fins extending between and in heat exchange relation with adjacent ones of said tubes; a charge air inlet to the tank bonded to said one header; a charge air outlet from the other of said tanks; and a body of heat resistant elastomer secured to said one side of at least said one header in surrounding and contacting relation to the tubes ends thereat while allowing fluid communication between said tube ends and the interior of the tank bonded to said one header.