Patents by Inventor Walter Leon Winterbottom

Walter Leon Winterbottom has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Heat exchanger and method of assembly for automotive vehicles
    Patent number: 6076727
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes at least one tube having an internal surface and an external surface, a composition cladding having at least lithium and magnesium applied to either one of the internal surface and external surface of the tube, and at least one component disposed adjacent the composition cladding, whereby the tube and component are joined together during a controlled atmosphere brazing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Tim Van Evans, Matthew John Zaluzec, Gerald Adam Grab, Henry Mehraban, Ronald Paul Cooper, Walter Leon Winterbottom
  • Heat exchanger and method of assembly for automotive vehicles
    Patent number: 5762132
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes at least one tube having an internal surface and an external surface, a composition cladding having at least lithium and magnesium applied to either one of the internal surface and external surface of the tube, and at least one component disposed adjacent the composition cladding, whereby the tube and component are joined together during a controlled atmosphere brazing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Van Evans, Matthew John Zaluzec, Gerald Adam Grab, Henry Mehraban, Ronald Paul Cooper, Walter Leon Winterbottom