Evaporator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10352599-B2
Application number	US-201314390000-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2013
Priority date	Apr 2, 2012
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

An evaporator is provided with a refrigerant pipe, a cold storage case which has inner fins mounted therein, and air-side fins. The evaporator is characterized in that the cold storage case is provided with: a filling opening for filling the cold storage case with a cold storage material; a first flow passage connecting to the filling opening and extending in the same direction as the direction of inflow of the cold storage material; and a second flow passage connecting to the first flow passage and extending in the direction intersecting the first flow passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An evaporator provided with refrigerant tubes, cold storage cases in which a cold storage material is filled and inner fins are disposed, and air side fins, wherein
each cold storage case is provided with
a filling port for filling a cold storage material,
a first flow path which is formed in a region in the cold storage case where no inner fins are arranged and communicated with said filling port and extends in the same direction as the direction of flow of said cold storage material filled from said filling port,
a second flow path which is communicated with said first flow path and extends in a direction which intersects said first flow path, and
a ridge direction of peak parts of the inner fins which are formed by being bent to a corrugated shape extends in a width direction of the cold storage case, and flat plate parts which connect a peak part of the inner fin with an other peak part form the peak parts of the inner fins, and are provided with a plurality of through ports which are formed by rectangular louvers which are cut and raised from the flat plate parts, a louver pitch is identical to or lower than half of an inner fin pitch.

2. The evaporator according to claim 1 , wherein sub flow paths are formed between adjoining peak parts, and a flow path resistance of said first flow path becomes smaller than a flow path resistance of said sub flow paths.

3. The evaporator according to claim 1 , wherein sub flow paths are formed between adjoining peak parts, and a flow area of said first flow path is larger than a flow area of said sub flow paths.

4. The evaporator according to claim 1 , wherein said cold storage case has a flat cross-sectional shape vertical to the longitudinal direction and wherein the direction of said first flow path is said longitudinal direction of said cold storage case.

5. The evaporator according to claim 2 ,
wherein said first flow path is a vertical direction flow path through which the cold storage material filled from said filling port, flows in the vertical direction straight down to the bottom part of the cold storage case, and
said second flow path is a horizontal direction flow path through which the cold storage material moves in the horizontal direction.

6. The evaporator according to claim 5 , wherein said horizontal direction flow path is sub small flow paths.

7. The evaporator according to claim 6 , wherein
the sub small flow paths include valleys between adjoining peak parts and peak parts of the inner fins that are bent in corrugated shapes, and
the filled cold storage material flows in the horizontal direction.

8. The evaporator according to claim 6 , wherein said sub flow paths are formed by the plurality of through ports which are provided at the flat plate parts of said inner fins.

9. The evaporator with a cold storage function according to claim 1 ,
wherein a space is formed between end parts of said inner fins and the bottom part of the cold storage case at the time of filling and
at least one flow path holding projection designed to enable said cold storage material to move along the bottom part of said cold storage case in the horizontal direction, is provided at the bottom part of said cold storage case.

10. The evaporator with a cold storage function according to claim 1 , wherein a direction of filling said cold storage material of said filling port is an air flow direction of said air side fins.

11. An evaporator with a cold storage function which is provided with refrigerant tubes, cold storage cases in which a cold storage material is filled and inner fins are disposed, and air side fins, wherein
each cold storage case is provided with
a filling port for filling a cold storage material
a vertical direction flow path which is formed in a region in the cold storage cases where no inner fins are arranged and through which the cold storage material filled from said filling port, flows in the vertical direction straight down to the bottom part of the cold storage case during filling,
a horizontal direction flow path through which the cold storage material moves in the horizontal direction, and
a ridge direction of peak parts of the inner fins which are formed by being bent to a corrugated shape extends in a width direction of the cold storage case, and flat plate parts which connect a peak part of an inner fin with an other peak part form the peak parts of the inner fins, and are provided with a plurality of through ports which are formed by rectangular louvers which are cut and raised from the flat plate parts, a louver pitch is identical to or lower than half of an inner fin pitch.

12. The evaporator with a cold storage function according to claim 11 , wherein the horizontal direction flow path is provided by the inner fins.

13. The evaporator with a cold storage function according to claim 12 , wherein said horizontal direction flow path is formed by the valleys between adjoining peak parts and peak parts of the inner fins which are bent in corrugated shapes, and the filled cold storage material flows in the horizontal direction.

14. The evaporator with a cold storage function according to claim 12 , wherein said horizontal direction flow path is formed by the plurality of through ports which are provided at the flat plate parts of the inner fins.

15. The evaporator with a cold storage function according to claim 11 ,
wherein a space is formed between end parts of said inner fins and the bottom part of the cold storage case at the time of filling and
at least one flow path holding projection designed to enable said cold storage material to move along the bottom part of said cold storage case in the horizontal direction, is provided at the bottom part of said cold storage case.

16. The evaporator with a cold storage function according to claim 11 , wherein a direction of filling said cold storage material of said filling port is an air flow direction of said air side fins.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Ota Aun
• Abei Jun
• Torigoe Eiichi
• Nagasawa Toshiya

Classifications

• F28D1/05391

  with multiple rows of conduits or with multi-channel conduits combined with a particular flow pattern, e.g. multi-row multi-stage radiators · CPC title

• F28D2020/0008

  the heat storage material being enclosed in plate-like or laminated elements, e.g. in plates having internal compartments · CPC title

• F28F1/12

  the means being only outside the tubular element · CPC title

• F25B2339/02

  Details of evaporators · CPC title

• F28D2021/0085

  Evaporators · CPC title