Heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10101096-B2
Application number	US-201314415175-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2013
Priority date	Jul 18, 2012
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

Provided is heat exchanger in which a rib of a core plate has a shape that is recessed from a flat surface of a flat body portion, and the rib is provided with: a rib bottom part including a bottom line that is recessed from and parallel to the flat surface of the flat body portion; and a rib inclination part that is positioned between the rib bottom part and a flat part. The rib is positioned so that the rib inclination part overlaps, in the tube stacking direction, the edge of the tube in the tube width direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger comprising:
tubes each of which has a flattened shape in cross-section, the tubes being stacked in a direction approximately perpendicular to a tube width direction that is a longitudinal direction of the flattened shape, and
a tank communicating with the tubes, wherein
the tank includes:
a core plate into which the tubes are inserted; and
a tank body portion fixed to the core plate to define an inner space of the tank together with the core plate,
the core plate includes:
a flat body portion having a flat surface facing the inner space, and tube insertion holes into which the tubes are inserted;
a groove portion provided on an outer edge of the flat body portion, an end part of the tank body portion being inserted into the groove portion;
a rib having a shape protruding outward of the tank, from the flat body portion, at a position other than the tube insertion holes, the rib being recessed from the flat surface of the flat body portion, the rib extending in the tube width direction, end parts of the tubes in the tube width direction being overlapped with the rib in a tube stacking direction;
a flat part having a flat surface coplanar with the flat surface of the flat body portion on an inner side of the tank between the rib and the groove portion in the tube width direction, and
a sleeve portion obliquely extending from the flat surface of the flat body at a connection point to the end parts of the tubes,
the connection point is within a range between the rib and the groove portion in the tube width direction,
the rib includes a rib bottom part recessed from the flat surface of the flat body portion to have a base line straight and parallel to the flat surface of the flat body portion in a sectional surface of the rib in the tube width direction, and a rib inclination part positioned between the rib bottom part and the flat part in the tube width direction and inclined to a line perpendicular to the flat surface of the flat part, the rib inclination part connecting the rib bottom part and the flat part, and
the rib inclination part overlaps, in the tube stacking direction, an end part of the tubes in the tube width direction.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of the rib inclination part to the line perpendicular to the flat part in a boundary part between the rib inclination part and the flat part is from 45 to 80 degrees.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein the angle is equal to 70 degrees.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the groove portion includes an inner wall part extending approximately perpendicularly to the flat body portion of the core plate and positioned on the inner side of the tank, an outer wall part extending approximately perpendicularly to the flat body portion and positioned on an outer side of the tank, and a bottom wall part connecting to both the inner wall part and the outer wall part and positioned on a bottom of the groove portion, and
a distance between an end part of the tubes in the tube width direction and an inner wall of the inner wall part is from 4.0 to 6.3 mm.

5. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve portion is configured to guide the tubes into the tube insertion holes.

6. A heat exchanger comprising:
tubes each of which has a flattened shape in cross-section, the tubes being stacked in a direction approximately perpendicular to a tube width direction that is a longitudinal direction of the flattened shape, and
a tank communicating with the tubes, wherein
the tank includes:
a core plate into which the tubes are inserted; and
a tank body portion fixed to the core plate to define an inner space of the tank together with the core plate,
the core plate includes:
a flat body portion having a flat surface on an inner side of the tank, tube insertion holes into which the tubes are inserted being provided on the flat body portion;
a groove portion provided on an outer circumferential edge part of the flat body portion, an end part of the tank body portion being inserted into the groove portion;
a rib having a shape protruding outward of the tank, from the flat body portion, at a position other than the tube insertion holes, the rib being recessed from the flat surface of the flat body portion, the rib extending in the tube width direction, end parts of the tubes in the tube width direction being overlapped with the rib in a tube stacking direction;
a flat part having a flat surface provided between an outermost part of the rib nearest to an outer side of the tank and the groove portion in the tube width direction, and disposed on an inner side of the tank, and
a sleeve portion obliquely extending from the flat surface of the flat body at a connection point to the end parts of the tubes,
the connection point is within a range between the rib and the groove portion in the tube width direction,
the rib includes a rib bottom part recessed from the flat surface of the flat body portion and positioned outermost of the tank within the rib, and a rib inclination part inclined to a line perpendicular to the flat surface of the flat part, the rib inclination part connecting the rib bottom part and the flat part,
the outermost part of the rib is disposed on an outer side, in the tube width direction, of the end parts of the tubes in the tube width direction, and
an inner end part of the rib inclination part, positioned in a boundary part between the rib bottom part and the rib inclination part, is disposed on an inner side of the end parts of the tubes in the tube width direction.

7. The heat exchanger according to claim 6 , wherein an angle of the rib inclination part to the line perpendicular to the flat part in a boundary part between the rib inclination part and the flat part is from 45 to 80 degrees.

8. The heat exchanger according to claim 7 , wherein the angle is equal to 70 degrees.

9. The heat exchanger according to claim 6 , wherein the sleeve portion is configured to guide the tubes into the tube insertion holes.

10. A heat exchanger comprising:
tubes each of which has a flattened shape in cross-section, the tubes being stacked in a direction approximately perpendicular to a tube width direction that is a longitudinal direction of the flattened shape, and
a tank communicating with the tubes, wherein
the tank includes:
a core plate into which the tubes are inserted; and
a tank body portion fixed to the core plate to define an inner space of the tank together with the core plate,
the core plate includes:
a flat body portion having a flat surface facing the inner space, and tube insertion holes into which the tubes are inserted;
a groove portion provided on an outer edge of the flat body portion, an end part of the tank body portion being inserted into the groove portion;
a rib having a shape protruding outward of the tank, from the flat body portion, at a position other than the tube insertion holes, the rib being recessed from the flat surface of the flat body portion, the rib extending in the tube width direction, end parts of the tubes in the tube width direction being overlapped with the rib in a tube stacking direction;
a flat part having a flat surface coplanar with the flat surface of the flat body portion on an inner side of the tank between the rib and the groove portion in the tube width direction,
a sleeve portion obliquely extending from the flat surface of the flat part to the end parts of the tubes,
the rib includes a rib bottom part recessed from the flat surface of the flat body portion to have a base line straight and parallel to the flat surface of the flat body portion in a sectional surface of

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Honma Nobuhiro
• Hasegawa Manabu

Classifications

• F28F9/26

  Arrangements for connecting different sections of heat-exchange elements, e.g. of radiators (connecting different sections in water heaters F24H9/14 {, connecting headers with inlet or outlet fittings F28F9/0246}) · CPC title

• F28D1/05366

  Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators · CPC title

• F28F9/182

  the heat-exchange conduits having ends with a particular shape, e.g. deformed; the heat-exchange conduits or end plates having supplementary joining means, e.g. abutments · CPC title

• F28F9/0224 Primary

  Header boxes formed by sealing end plates into covers (F28F9/0221 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28F9/0219

  Arrangements for sealing end plates into casing or header box; Header box sub-elements (F28F9/0236 takes precedence) · CPC title