Heat exchange device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10408511-B2
Application number	US-201615554734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2016
Priority date	Feb 25, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A heat exchange device includes a heat exchanger and a mounting plate for fixing the heat exchange device, and includes first and second flow passages which are not in communication with each other. The mounting plate includes a communication hole, a protruding portion and a mounting hole. The protruding portion protrudes outwards from the front side of the mounting plate. The mounting hole extends through the protruding portion and the mounting plate and includes a valve core receiving cavity. The valve core receiving cavity is in communication with the communication hole via a connection groove at a back side of the mounting plate; the mounting plate is fixed to the heat exchanger in a sealed manner, the mounting hole is in communication with the first flow passage, and the communication hole is in communication with the first flow passage via the connection groove and the mounting hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchange device, comprising:
a heat exchanger; and
a mounting plate configured to fix the heat exchange device, wherein, the heat exchanger comprises a first flow passage and a second flow passage which are not in fluid communication with each other, a front side of the mounting plate comprises a fitting portion, and the mounting plate comprises a communication hole, a protruding portion and a mounting hole which are all located at a position where the fitting portion is located, the protruding portion protrudes outwards from the front side of the mounting plate, and the mounting hole extends through the protruding portion and the mounting plate, the mounting plate defines a valve core receiving cavity at the protruding portion, and the valve core receiving cavity is a part of the mounting hole; a back side of the mounting plate is further provided with a groove, and the valve core receiving cavity is in communication with the communication hole via the groove;
the heat exchange device is further provided with a positioning portion, and the positioning portion extends into the first flow passage, and
the mounting plate is fixed to the heat exchanger in a sealed manner, the mounting hole is in communication with the first flow passage, and the communication hole is in communication with the first flow passage via the groove and the mounting hole.

2. The heat exchange device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core, and an end plate and a bottom plate respectively located at two ends of the heat exchanger core, the end plate is provided with a port, and the positioning portion is provided at an outer peripheral side of the port and protrudes from a plate plane of the end plate by a certain height, the positioning portion is a hollow structure, and the hollow structure of the positioning portion has an inner diameter smaller than or equal to an inner diameter of the port, and the port is toward the mounting hole and is in communication with the mounting hole.

3. The heat exchange device according to claim 2 , wherein a direction in which the positioning portion protrudes from the plate plane of the end plate is opposite to a direction in which the protruding portion protrudes from the front side of the mounting plate, the valve core receiving cavity comprises a first cavity, a second cavity and a third cavity sequentially from bottom to top, and inner diameters of the first cavity, the second cavity and the third cavity are sequentially increased; an inner wall of the first cavity is provided with a threaded connecting portion, and the first cavity has an inner diameter greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the port, and a projection of the port on the mounting plate partially coincides with or completely coincides with a projection of the valve core receiving cavity on the mounting plate.

4. The heat exchange device according to claim 3 , wherein the heat exchange device further comprises a valve assembly, the valve assembly comprises a valve seat, and the valve seat comprises a first part and a second part which are respectively upper and lower portions, and a portion of the first part is fixed to the valve core receiving cavity in a sealed manner, and the second part is fixed to the positioning portion in a sealed manner, the second part comprises a valve core inlet passage, a valve core outlet passage, and a throttling orifice, and the throttling orifice is provided between the valve core inlet passage and the valve core outlet passage, a dimension of a flow passage of the throttling orifice is adjustable, and the valve core inlet passage is in communication with the valve core outlet passage through the throttling orifice; and
the valve core inlet passage is in communication with the groove, and the valve core outlet passage is in communication with the first flow passage.

5. The heat exchange device according to claim 4 , wherein an outer diameter of the second part is smaller than an outer diameter of the first part and smaller than an inner diameter of the valve core receiving cavity, the second part is not in contact with an inner wall of the valve core receiving cavity, and the communication hole is in communication with the valve core inlet passage through the groove and a space between the second part and a portion of an inner wall, at a position where the valve core receiving cavity is located, of the mounting plate.

6. The heat exchange device according to claim 5 , wherein a lower end of the second part extends into the positioning portion, and the lower end of the second part and a portion, corresponding to the positioning portion, of an inner wall of the mounting hole are mounted in a sealed manner by a sealing ring, and the valve core outlet passage is in direct communication with the first flow passage of the heat exchanger, and at least a part of the valve core inlet passage is located in the valve core receiving cavity above the positioning portion.

7. The heat exchange device according to claim 3 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a plurality of plates which are stacked, the plates comprise a plurality of first plates, a plurality of second plates, and a third plate, the plates are stacked to form the first flow passage and the second flow passage, each of the first plates comprises a first port and a second port, each of the second plates also comprises a first port and a second port, the third plate comprises a first partition part and a second port, the first partition part is located on the third plate at a position corresponding to the first ports of the first plates and the second plates, the first plates and the second plates are stacked to allow the first ports of the first plates and the first ports of the second plates to be aligned to form a first channel; and the first plates, the second plates and the third plate are stacked to allow the second ports of the first plates, the second ports of the second plates and the second port of the third plate to be aligned to form a second channel; the first channel and the second channel are a part of the first flow passage, the first channel is partitioned into at least two sub-channels by the first partition part, and each of the sub-channels of the first channel is in communication with an adjacent sub-channel of the first channel via the second channel; the first flow passage is divided into at least two heat exchange sections by the third plate, and flow directions of fluid in adjacent heat exchange sections are opposite to each other.

8. The heat exchange device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core, and an end plate and a bottom plate respectively located at two ends of the heat exchanger core, the end plate is provided with a port, and the mounting plate comprises a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate, the second mounting plate is closer to the heat exchanger than the first mounting plate, the protruding portion is formed on a front side of the first mounting plate, the groove is formed in a back side of the first mounting plate, and the communication hole extends through the first mounting plate, the positioning portion is arranged on the second mounting plate and is configured to cooperate with the valve core receiving cavity; a direction in which the positioning portion protrudes from the second mounting plate is opposite to a direction in which the protruding portion protrudes from the first mounting plate, the mounting hole extends though the protruding portion, the first mounting plate, the second mounting plate and the positioning portion, and the first mounting plate cooperates with the second mounting plate and is mounted to the second mounting plate in

Assignees

• Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Jingpeng
• Yin Yuting
• Jiang Weixin
• Chen Meng
• Lv Zhou
• Yi Fangfang
• Zou Jiang

Classifications

• F28F2280/06

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• F28D2021/0031

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• F28D9/005

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

• H01M10/615

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• F28D2021/0043

  for fuel cells · CPC title