Cold-storage heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11029073-B2
Application number	US-201816166369-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 5, 2009
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A cold storage heat exchanger includes refrigerant tubes having therein refrigerant passages and arranged to provide a clearance therebetween. A cold storage container is bonded to a refrigerant tube and defines therein a compartment receiving a cold storage material. The cold storage container has protrusion portions protruding outward and being in contact with the refrigerant tube.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cold storage heat exchanger comprising:
a plurality of refrigerant tubes having therein refrigerant passages, and arranged to provide a clearance therebetween;
a cold storage container that is bonded to a refrigerant tube and defines therein a compartment receiving a cold storage material; and
a cooling air passage in which air flows as a wind to cool a space to be cooled in a cold storage time of the cold storage material and in a cold release time of the cold storage material, the cooling air passage being provided to contact a surface of the refrigerant tube on a side opposite to the cold storage container bonded to the refrigerant tube, wherein
an outer surface of the cold storage container, onto which the refrigerant tube is bonded, is provided with a plurality of protrusion portions or a plurality of recess portions,
the plurality of protrusion portions include a bonded portion bonded to the refrigerant tube,
the bonded portion continuously extends from a position facing a windward edge portion of the refrigerant tube to a position facing a leeward edge portion of the refrigerant tube, and
at least one part of the bonded portion is oblique to a longitudinal direction of the refrigerant tube.

2. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of protrusion portions are in contact with a surface of at least one of the plurality of refrigerant tubes, and
each of the plurality of protrusion portions extends from an edge portion to another edge portion of the surface with continuously contacting the surface.

3. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the bonded portion is bonded to the refrigerant tube continuously from the windward edge portion of the refrigerant tube to the leeward edge portion of the refrigerant tube.

4. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first heat exchange portion including a first refrigerant tube of the plurality of refrigerant tubes; and
a second heat exchange portion positioned windward of the first heat exchange portion and including a second refrigerant tube of the plurality of refrigerant tubes, wherein
the cold storage container is bonded to both of a first refrigerant tube and a second refrigerant tube.

5. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of protrusion portions continuously extends from the leeward edge portion of the first refrigerant tube to the windward edge portion of the second refrigerant tube.

6. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 5 , wherein the protrusion portion slants such that a part of the protrusion portion facing the windward edge portion of the second refrigerant tube is positioned lower than a part of the same protrusion portion facing the leeward edge portion of the second refrigerant tube.

7. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 4 , wherein the cold storage container includes:
a first bonded portion bonded to the first refrigerant tube and extending continuously from the leeward edge portion of the first refrigerant tube to the windward edge portion of the first refrigerant tube; and
a second bonded portion bonded to the second refrigerant tube and extending continuously from the leeward edge portion of the second refrigerant tube to the windward edge portion of the second refrigerant tube.

8. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 7 , wherein the second bonded portion slants such that a part of the second bonded portion facing the windward edge portion of the second refrigerant tube is positioned lower than a part of the second bonded portion facing the leeward edge portion of the second refrigerant tube.

9. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of protrusion portions are arranged at intervals in a vertical direction,
a vertical size of the intervals near to the edge portions of the plurality of protrusion portions in a wind direction is larger than a vertical size of the intervals near to center portions of the plurality of protrusion portions in the wind direction.

10. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 9 , wherein the vertical size of the intervals gradually increases in a direction from the center portions toward the edge portions of the plurality of protrusion portions.

11. The cold storage heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of protrusion portions are arranged at intervals in a vertical direction,
each of the plurality of protrusion portions includes an outer border which is parallel to and faces an outer border of an adjacent protrusion portion.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Yamada Atsushi
• Inoue Seiji
• Miyata Yoshio
• Yokoyama Naoki
• Hasegawa Etsuo
• Abei Jun
• Ishikawa Hiroshi
• Ota Aun
• Hagihara Kouta

Classifications

• F28D1/0333 Primary

  the plates having integrated connecting members · CPC title

• F28F17/005

  Means for draining condensates from heat exchangers, e.g. from evaporators (F28B9/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• 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

• Y02E60/14

  Thermal energy storage · CPC title

• F25D13/02 Primary

  with several cooling compartments, e.g. refrigerated locker systems · CPC title