Patent ID: 6386277
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: F25B,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A heat exchanger comprising:an elongated tube structure including at least three rows of flow conduits, each row having multiple ports and with a first and third row sandwiching a second row and in heat exchange relation; said second row being shorter than said first and third rows and having second row opposite ends; at least one of said second row opposite ends provided with a second row inlet/outlet fitting; said first and third rows each having parts extending past at least one of said second row opposite ends to opposite sides of and around said second row inlet/outlet fitting to terminate in first and third row opposite ends, with corresponding ones of said first and third row opposite ends being adjacent to one another; and at least one first and third row inlet/outlet fitting connected to the adjacent corresponding ones of said first and third row opposite ends.