Patent ID: 6540016
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: F28F,Y10T

Abstract:
A heat exchanger having a pair of manifolds and tubes fluidically connected to the manifolds to allow fluid flow to and from the manifolds through the tubes, each of the manifolds having an internal passage that is substantially uniform along the entire length of the manifold, a plurality of tube ports in which the tubes are received for fluidic communication with the internal passage, and an outer cross-sectional shape that is substantially uniform along the entire length of the manifold in which the tubes are received, each of the manifolds comprising:first and second walls that define the internal passage and the outer cross-sectional shape of the manifold, the first and second walls intersecting at oppositely-disposed extremities of the outer cross-sectional shape, the first wall having a concave outer surface and the second wall having a convex outer surface such that the outer cross-sectional shape of the manifold is crescent-shaped, the tube ports being disposed in the first wall.