US 11,754,318 B2
Baffles for thermal transfer devices
Bruce Hotton, Seven Fields, PA (US); Amin Monfared, Oxnard, CA (US); Lee Chambers, Santa Paula, CA (US); Babak Bagheri, Oxnard, CA (US); Arash Jafari, Riverside, CA (US); and Tim Shellenberger, Johns Creek, GA (US)
Assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/515,908.
Application 17/515,908 is a continuation of application No. 16/725,867, filed on Dec. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,162,709.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057110 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F02B 75/00 (2006.01); F24H 9/00 (2022.01); F22B 37/06 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28F 9/22 (2006.01); F28F 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC F24H 9/0015 (2013.01) [F22B 37/06 (2013.01); F28D 7/163 (2013.01); F28F 9/24 (2013.01); F28F 2009/226 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. An assembly for a thermal transfer device, wherein the assembly comprises:
a first plate comprising a plurality of first apertures extending therethrough, the plurality of first apertures being arranged in a first arrangement and each of the plurality of first apertures being configured to receive a corresponding tube of a plurality of tubes;
a second plate comprising a second plurality of second apertures extending therethrough, the second plurality of second apertures being arranged in the first arrangement and each of the plurality of second apertures being configured to receive a corresponding tube of the plurality of tubes; and
a third plate disposed between the first and second plates, the third plate comprising a plurality of third apertures extending therethrough, each of the plurality of third apertures (i) being configured to receive a corresponding tube of the plurality of tubes and (ii) having a first shape that includes a generally circular base shape and a notch shape extending from an outer edge of the generally circular base shape, each notch shape being configured to form a gap when the corresponding second aperture receives the corresponding tube such that a fluid can flow through the gap from a first side surface of the third plate to a second side surface of the third plate,
wherein the first, second, and third plates are configured to maintain each of the plurality of tubes in a generally vertical orientation.