Heat exchanger integrated assembly and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10066878-B2
Application number	US-201314428951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2013
Priority date	Sep 29, 2012
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A heat exchanger integrated assembly and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The heat exchanger integrated assembly includes a heat exchanger, a mating portion and an adaptor, wherein the heat exchanger includes a first inlet and a first outlet; the mating portion includes a first side, a second side and a first hole and a second hole passing through the first side and the second side, and the mating portion further includes a first recessed portion formed on the first side and in communication with the first hole; and the adaptor includes a first passage in communication with the first hole and in communication with the first inlet via the first recessed portion, and a second passage in communication with the first outlet via the second hole. The heat exchanger is integrated with other parts and is connected to an expansion valve directly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger integrated assembly, comprising a heat exchanger, a mating portion abutting against the heat exchanger, and an adaptor fixed on the mating portion, wherein the mating portion is located between the heat exchanger and the adaptor, the heat exchanger comprises a first flow passage and a second flow passage, and the first flow passage comprises a first inlet and a first outlet; the mating portion comprises a first side facing the heat exchanger, a second side facing the adaptor, and a first hole and a second hole both running through the first side and the second side, and the first hole and the second hole of the mating portion are separated from each other, and the mating portion further comprises a first recessed portion formed on the first side and in communication with the first hole; the adaptor comprises a first passage and a second passage, the first passage is in communication with the first hole and is further in communication with the first inlet via the first recessed portion; and the second passage is in communication with the first outlet via the second hole, wherein,
the heat exchanger integrated assembly comprises a mounting bracket, the mating portion is located on the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket further comprises a mounting portion, and a plane where the mounting portion is located forms an included angle with respect to a plane where the mating portion is located, and the mounting portion is provided with at least one mounting hole, and in a mounting direction passing through the mounting hole, the mounting hole is located outside the heat exchanger.

2. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first passage is aligned with the first hole, the second passage is aligned with the second hole, and a center distance of the first inlet and the first outlet is greater than a center distance of the first passage and the second passage.

3. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mating portion comprises a second recessed portion formed on the first side, and a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion both being formed on the second side and protruding out of the second side, the first protruding portion is corresponding to the first recessed portion, the second protruding portion is corresponding to the second recessed portion, the first hole is located in the first protruding portion, the second hole is located in the second protruding portion and in communication with the second recessed portion, and the second passage is in communication with the first outlet via the second hole and the second recessed portion; and on the first side of the mating portion, a periphery of the first recessed portion and a periphery of the second recessed portion are both brazed to the heat exchanger to form an enclosed space.

4. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the adaptor comprises a main body portion, a first pipeline and a second pipeline each being located at one side of the main body portion and protruding out of the main body portion, and a third pipeline and a fourth pipeline each being located at another side of the main body portion and protruding out of the main body portion, the first pipeline is in communication with the fourth pipeline via the first passage, the second pipeline is in communication with the third pipeline via the second passage, the first pipeline is inserted into the first hole, and the second pipeline is inserted into the second hole.

5. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 4 , wherein a diameter of the first pipeline is smaller than a diameter of the fourth pipeline, and a diameter of the second pipeline is smaller than a diameter of the third pipeline; and the heat exchanger integrated assembly further comprises an expansion valve, the expansion valve is provided with an inlet and an outlet, the third pipeline is inserted into the outlet of the expansion valve and the fourth pipeline is inserted into the inlet of the expansion valve.

6. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion comprises at least two mounting plates and these mounting plates are respectively located at two sides of the mating portion, and each mounting plate is provided with one of the mounting holes.

7. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the mounting plate comprises a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate and a third mounting plate, the third mounting plate is located between the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate, the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate are located at one side of the mating portion, and the third mounting plate is located on another side of the mating portion.

8. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the mounting plates are located in the same plane and are substantially perpendicular to a plane where the mating portion is located, and the mounting plates are formed by respectively bending a plurality of parts formed by cutting the same sheet plate.

9. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the first mounting plate comprises a first extension section, a second extension section inclined at an angle with respect to the first extension section, and a third extension section inclined at an angle with respect to the second extension section, an inclination angle of the third extension section is greater than an inclination angle of the second extension section, and the second extension section and the third extension section are inclined in a direction toward the second mounting plate.

10. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the first mounting plate, the second mounting plate and the third mounting plate are each provided with a continuous strengthening rib, and the strengthening rib has one end close to the corresponding mounting hole, and another end located at a connection portion where the mounting plate intersects with the mating portion.

11. The heat exchanger integrated assembly according to claim 7 , wherein a first groove is provided between the first mounting plate and the third mounting plate, a second groove is provided between the second mounting plate and the third mounting plate, and the first groove and the second groove are recessed inwards the mating portion.

Assignees

• Hangzhou Sanhua Res Inst Co Ltd
• Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Linjie
• Zhou Xiaodong
• Cui Kai

Classifications

• B60H1/00485

  Valves for air-conditioning devices, e.g. thermostatic valves · CPC title

• B60K11/02

  with liquid cooling · CPC title

• F28F9/0075

  Supports for plates or plate assemblies · CPC title

• F28D9/005

  the plates having openings therein for both heat-exchange media · CPC title

• B60H1/00342

  of the liquid-liquid type · CPC title