Patent ID: 6237678
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A method of positioning a condenser in an automobile having a front end and a rear end, comprising the steps of:providing said condenser, wherein said condenser comprises:a pair of first and second headers spaced a distance from each other,a plurality of flattened heat-transfer tubes which are spaced a distance from each other and are connected at a first end thereof to said first header and connected at a second end thereof to said second header, wherein each of said flattened heat-transfer tubes is made in such a manner that one metal plate is folded along a center thereof so as to have a U-shaped cross section, and plane portions formed at both ends of said metal plate are superimposed and connected together so as to form a joint at superimposed plane portions, each of said plurality of heat-transfer tubes having a first width, anda plurality of fins sandwiched between adjacent flattened heat-transfer tubes, each of said plurality of fins having a second width larger than said first width of said heat-transfer tubes; andmounting said condenser at the front end of the automobile in a position that receives stress deforming foreign substances such that said joint is directed toward the rear end of the automobile to increase the durability of said condenser,wherein a thickness of said metal plate used in forming each of said plurality of heat-transfer tubes is substantially constant.