Heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10462931-B2
Application number	US-201515516915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2015
Priority date	Oct 28, 2014
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A heat exchanger has a tube and an inner fin. A heat medium exchanging heat with a heat exchange target flows in the tube, and the tube has a flat shape in cross section perpendicular to a flow direction of the heat medium. The inner fin has first fins and second fins. The second fins are formed parallel to the flow direction in at least one of an upstream end portion located on an upstream side of an area, in which the first fins are formed, in the flow direction or a downstream end portion located on a downstream side of the area in the flow direction. Fin pitches between the first fins are all identical with each other. At least one of fin pitches between the second fins is different from other fin pitches between the second fins.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger comprising:
a tube in which a heat medium that exchanges heat with a heat exchange target flows, the tube having a flat shape in cross section taken along a particular direction perpendicular to a flow direction of the heat medium; and
an inner fin plate that is disposed inside the tube and has a heat transfer area in which heat transfers to and from the heat medium, wherein
the inner fin plate has a corrugated fin shape having a plurality of fins arranged along the particular direction to define a plurality of narrow passages therebetween through which the heat medium flows,
each of the plurality of fins includes a first fin element and a second fin element, the second fin element being positioned at least one of upstream and downstream of the first fin element,
the second fin element of each of the plurality of fins extends along the flow direction,
the plurality of fins includes at least one first fin and other fins in the plurality of fins,
a fin pitch between the first fin element of the at least one first fin and the first fin element of one of the other fins in the plurality of fins that is adjacent to the at least one first fin is equal to a fin pitch between adjacent first fin elements of the other fins in the plurality of fins,
a fin pitch between the second fin element of the at least one first fin and the second fin element of the one of the other fins in the plurality of fins that is adjacent to the at least one first fin is different from a fin pitch between adjacent second fin elements of the other fins in the plurality of fins,
the first fin element of each of the plurality of fins has a corrugated shape,
the second fin element of each of the plurality of fins has a linear shape,
the second fin element of each of the plurality of fins is continuously connected to the corresponding first fin element of each of the plurality of fins, when viewed in a normal direction of the inner fin plate,
the fin pitch between the second fin element of the at least one first fin and the second fin element of the one of the other fins in the plurality of fins that is adjacent to the at least one first fin is greater than the fin pitch between adjacent second fin elements of the other fins in the plurality of fins,
the second fin element of the at least one first fin is connected to the first fin element of the at least one first fin at a first connection point,
the second fin element of each of the other fins in the plurality of fins is connected to the corresponding first fin element of each of the other fins in the plurality of fins at an other connection point,
the first fin element of the at least one first fin has a first amplitude along the particular direction at the first connection point,
the first fin element of each of the other fins in the plurality of fins has an other amplitude along the particular direction at the other connection point, and
the first amplitude of the first fin element of the at least one first fin is less than the other amplitude of the first fin element of each of the other fins in the plurality of fins.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one first fin includes a first outermost fin and a second outermost fin that are positioned on both ends of the inner fin plate in the particular direction, and
the fin pitch between the second fin element of each of the first and second outermost fins and the second fin element of each corresponding one of the other fins in the plurality of fins that is adjacent to each corresponding one of the first and second outermost fins is greater than the fin pitch between the second fin elements of the other fins in the plurality of fins.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the second fin element of each of the plurality of fins is arranged outside a cooling area in which the tube and the heat exchange target overlap with each other when viewed in a normal direction of the inner fin plate.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Yuki
• Shimazu Tomohiro
• Mizuno Yasuhiro

Classifications

• H10W40/226

  characterised by projecting parts, e.g. fins to increase surface area (leadframes for cooling H10W70/461) · CPC title

• H10W40/47 Primary

  by flowing liquids, e.g. forced water cooling · CPC title

• H05K7/20927

  Liquid coolant without phase change · CPC title

• H05K7/20254

  Cold plates transferring heat from heat source to coolant · CPC title

• F28F3/025

  the means being corrugated, plate-like elements · CPC title