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US 1,078,948 · App. 29/766,720 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Indirect heat exchanger tube controlled wrinkle bend

Inventors: Daniel E. Parker (Union Bridge, MD); Advait Damle (Columbia, MD); Frank T. Morrison (Crownsville, MD)
Assignee: Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,078,948
App. No.
29/766,720
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an indirect heat exchanger tube controlled wrinkle bend, as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2026
From: BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC.; CONSOLIDATED METCO, INC.; INNO-SPIN, LLC; MEANS INDUSTRIES, INC.; TRANSFORM AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 075901/0172 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2021
From: PARKER, DANIEL E.; DAMLE, ADVAIT; MORRISON, FRANK T.
To: BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 055101/0001 →
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