US 11,988,463 B2
Microchannel heat exchanger for appliance condenser
Scot Reagen, Sylvania, OH (US); Matt Baker, Onsted, MI (US); David Wayne Skrzypchak, Adrian, MI (US); and Scott C. Peters, Adrian, MI (US)
Assigned to Brazeway, Inc., Adrian, MI (US)
Filed by Brazeway, Inc., Adrian, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,988.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/163,117, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299275 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. F28F 1/12 (2006.01); F28D 1/053 (2006.01); F28F 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC F28F 1/126 (2013.01) [F28D 1/05391 (2013.01); F28F 1/022 (2013.01); F28F 2260/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger, comprising:
a microchannel tube having a plurality of straight sections interconnected by a plurality of bent sections;
a plurality of accordion-style fins located between adjacent straight sections of the microchannel tube; and
a plurality of brackets having a plurality of slots formed therein that are each configured for receipt of a respective straight section of the microchannel tube,
wherein the plurality of brackets are configured to orient adjacent straight sections of the microchannel tube such that the plurality of accordion-style fins located between the adjacent straight sections of the microchannel tube are compressed by the adjacent straight sections of tube, and
wherein the accordion-style fins are compressed by the adjacent straight sections of the microchannel tube a distance that lies in the range of 0.003 inches to 0.015 inches.