Patent ID: 8726976
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: F28D,F28F,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of tubes having opposite first and second ends with at least one flow path extending therebetween, said tubes arranged adjacent one another; a plurality of fins in heat-transferring relation with said tubes; and a first manifold in fluid communication with said first ends of said tubes, said first manifold comprising a plurality of sections each having a different flow configuration, the plurality of sections including at least a first section configured to connect to the tubes, a third section adapted to form an end of the manifold and configured to fluidicly couple with at least one of a supply line and a return line, and a second section disposed between the first and third sections; wherein at least the second section comprises a plurality of sheets each having a same arrangement of one or more similarly sized and shaped openings therethrough, said sheets being laminated together with said openings in each of said sheets aligned with openings in other ones of said sheets to form flow passageways through said second section, said flow passageways constituting at least a portion of a fluid flow path through said third section and at least a first group of said tubes.