IP Library Granted Patent US 10,551,130
Granted Patent B2
US 10,551,130 · App. 14/874,708 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Heat transfer tube with multiple enhancements

Inventors: Scot Reagen (Sylvania, OH); Matt Baker (Onsted, MI); Dave W. Skrzypchak (Adrian, MI); Gary Wolfe (Blissfield, MI); Chen-Yu Lin (Toledo, OH); Jared Lee Myers (Clayton, MI)
Assignee: Brazeway, Inc.
F28F1/40B23P15/26
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Patent No.
US 10,551,130
App. No.
14/874,708
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat transfer tube including an inner surface including a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves includes at least primary grooves and secondary grooves, wherein the primary grooves extend axially along a length of the tube, and the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves.

Claims (26)

1. A heat transfer tube, comprising an inner surface including a plurality of grooves, the plurality of grooves including at least primary grooves and secondary grooves,

wherein the primary grooves each extend in an axial direction along and defined by a length of the tube and are open in a radial direction toward a center of the tube, adjacent primary grooves being separated by a ridge,

the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves, and

at locations where the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves, each of the primary grooves are entirely blocked in the axial direction of the tube without being blocked in the radial direction by a material of the ridge that separates the adjacent primary grooves that is deformed into one of the adjacent primary grooves.

2. The heat transfer tube of claim 1 , wherein the secondary grooves are helically formed.

3. The heat transfer tube of claim 1 , further comprising tertiary grooves that intersect at least the primary grooves.

4. The heat transfer tube of claim 3 , wherein the tertiary grooves intersect the secondary grooves.

5. The heat transfer tube of claim 4 , wherein the tertiary grooves are helically formed.

6. The heat transfer tube according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer tube includes aluminum.

7. The heat transfer tube according to claim 1 , wherein at the locations where the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves, each of the deformations of the ridges that separate adjacent primary grooves are oriented in a same direction.

8. The heat transfer tube according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the secondary grooves is greater than a depth of the primary grooves.

9. A heat transfer tube, comprising an inner surface including a plurality of grooves, the plurality of grooves including at least primary grooves and secondary grooves,

wherein the primary grooves each extend in an axial direction along and defined by a length of the tube and are open in a radial direction toward a center of the tube, adjacent primary grooves being separated by a ridge,

the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves, and

at locations where the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves, each of the primary grooves are at least partially blocked in the axial direction of the tube without being blocked in the radial direction by a material of the ridge that separates adjacent primary grooves that is deformed into one of the adjacent primary grooves.

10. The heat transfer tube according to claim 9 , wherein a depth of the secondary grooves is greater than a depth of the primary grooves.

11. The heat transfer tube according to claim 9 , wherein each of the primary grooves are entirely blocked in the axial direction of the tube without being blocked in the radial direction by the deformation of the ridge that separates the adjacent primary grooves.

12. A heat transfer tube, comprising an inner surface including a plurality of grooves, the plurality of grooves including at least primary grooves and secondary grooves,

wherein the primary grooves each extend axially along a length of the tube and are open in a radial direction toward a center of the tube,

the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves,

at locations where the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves, each of the primary grooves are at least partially blocked in an axial direction of the tube without being blocked in the radial direction by a deformation of a ridge that separates adjacent primary grooves, and

a depth of the secondary grooves is greater than a depth of the primary grooves.

13. The heat transfer tube according to claim 12 , wherein each of the primary grooves are entirely blocked in the axial direction of the tube without being blocked in the radial direction by the deformation of the ridge that separates the adjacent primary grooves.

14. The heat transfer tube according to claim 12 , wherein at the locations where the secondary grooves intersect the primary grooves, each of the deformations of the ridges that separate adjacent primary grooves are oriented in a same direction.

15. The heat transfer tube according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the ridge that is deformed into one of the adjacent primary grooves restricts flow through the one primary groove.

16. The heat transfer tube according to claim 9 , wherein the material of the ridge that is deformed into one of the adjacent primary grooves restricts flow through the one primary groove.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2026
From: BRAZEWAY, LLC (F/K/A BRAZEWAY, INC.)
To: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 073498/0336 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2016
From: REAGEN, SCOT; BAKER, MATT; SKRZYPCHAK, DAVE W; WOLFE, GARY; LIN, CHEN-YU; MYERS, JARED LEE
To: BRAZEWAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 037656/0909 →