Claims
- 1. A heat exchanger for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a manifold assembly;
- a plurality of generally longitudinal, separable stacked fin elements each having a pair of apertures disposed longitudinally therethrough;
- a pair of support members disposed on opposite ends of said plurality of fin elements;
- a plurality of tubular elements being disposed through said apertures and connected to the manifold assembly, each of said plurality of tubes having a corrugated cross-section comprising a plurality of projections and recesses disposed longitudinally in said tubes, said projections being formed during fabrication of said tubes to a first original height and being deformed to a second height of within 75% of the first original height during assembly of said heat exchanger.
- 2. A heat exchanger according to claim 1, wherein each of said tubes are formed in an extrusion process and said projections and recesses are formed integral with the inner surface of said tube.
- 3. A heat exchanger according to claim 2, wherein each of said tubes are formed from an aluminum alloy.
- 4. A heat exchanger according to claim 3, wherein said heat exchanger is operative to condense gaseous coolant in an automotive air conditioning system.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/132,337, filed Oct. 6, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,381,600.
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