Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat exchanger tube with flattened draining dimple
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Application No.: US16146736Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US11498162B2Publication Date: 2022-11-15
- Inventor: William M. Harris , Curtis A. Trammell , Danielle R. Rosendale , David C. Rimmer
- Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: F28F1/02
- IPC: F28F1/02 ; F24F13/22 ; B23P15/26 ; B21D53/06 ; B21D22/04

Abstract:
A heat exchanger includes a tube having a length and an outside boundary. The tube is configured to convey fluid therethrough to facilitate heat transfer, and the outside boundary of the tube having a bottom wall portion, a top wall portion opposing the bottom wall portion, and two side wall portions between the bottom wall portion and the top wall portion, in which a segment of the length of the tube has a plurality of dimples selectively placed outside of the bottom wall portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200094358A1 HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE WITH FLATTENED DRAINING DIMPLE Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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