Patent ID: 7562697

Claim:
A heat exchanger comprising: a header having a hollow interior; a longitudinally extending member dividing the interior of said header into a first chamber on one side thereof for receiving a fluid and a second chamber on the other side thereof, said member having a series of longitudinally spaced openings extending therethrough; and a plurality of heat exchange tubes, each of said plurality of heat exchange tubes defining a multi-channel refrigerant flow path therethrough, each channel of said multi-channel refrigerant flow path having an inlet at an inlet end of said heat exchange tube, the respective inlet end of each of said plurality of heat exchange tubes passing into said second chamber of said header and disposed in juxtaposition with a respective one of said openings of said series of longitudinally spaced openings wherein each of said openings comprises a row of holes extending transversely in juxtaposition with one of said plurality of heat exchange tubes with one hole per channel of said heat exchange tube.