Heat exchanger and air conditioner having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11274834-B2
Application number	US-201816487399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2018
Priority date	Feb 20, 2017
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the present disclosure and an air conditioner having the same include a heat transfer tube through which a refrigerant passes, a fin having a mounting hole in which the heat transfer tube is installed, and a fin collar extending from the mounting hole and being in contact with the heat transfer tube by the expansion of the heat transfer tube, wherein the fin collar includes a base portion provided adjacent to the fin and extending to be bent at a first curvature radius, and a distal end located on the opposite side of the base portion and extending to be bent at a second curvature radius smaller than the first curvature radius.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioner comprising:
a heat exchanger to perform heat exchange between air and a refrigerant,
wherein the heat exchanger includes:
a heat transfer tube through which the refrigerant passes, and
a fin including a fin collar with a mounting hole in which the heat transfer tube is installed, wherein the fin collar includes:
an intermediate portion in contact with the heat transfer tube by an expansion of the heat transfer tube,
a base portion provided adjacent to the intermediate portion and bent at a first curvature radius, and
a distal end located on an opposite side of the intermediate portion from the base portion and bent at a second curvature radius smaller than the first curvature radius.

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio (r 2 /r 1 ) of the second curvature radius r 2 to the first curvature radius r 1 is in a range of 0.65 to 0.95.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the base portion is calculated with an average thickness ((T 1 +T 2 )/2) of a first thickness T 1 of a first portion in the base portion adjacent to the fin and a second thickness T 2 of a second portion in the base portion at an end of the first curvature radius.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 3 , wherein a ratio {(T 1 +T 2 )/2}/T 0 of the average thickness ((T 1 +T 2 )/2) of the first thickness T 1 and the second thickness T 2 to a thickness T 0 of the fin is 0.9 or more.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 3 , wherein the base portion is gradually thinned from the first portion toward the second portion.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer tube includes convex portions and concave portions formed alternately in a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface of the heat transfer tube.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein:
N numbers of the convex portions and N numbers of the concave portions are formed in the circumferential direction on the inner circumferential surface of the heat transfer tube,
the heat transfer tube has a minimum inner diameter Di determined by a most concave portion of the concave portions, and
a ratio ((πDi/N)/Do) of a pitch (πDi/N) of the convex portions to an outer diameter Do of the heat transfer tube after tube expanding is in a range of 0.04 to 01.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer tube includes convex portions and concave portions formed alternately in an axial direction on an inner circumferential surface of the heat transfer tube.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the convex portions extend obliquely with respect to the axial direction of the heat transfer tube.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein a ratio (L/Do) of a lead angle formed by an extending direction of the convex portions and the axial direction of the heat transfer tube to an outer diameter Do of the heat transfer tube is in a range of 3.3 deg./m to 5.5 deg./m.

11. A heat exchanger comprising:
a heat transfer tube through which a refrigerant passes, and
a fin including a fin collar with a mounting hole in which the heat transfer tube is installed, wherein the fin collar includes:
an intermediate portion in contact with the heat transfer tube by an expansion of the heat transfer tube,
a base portion provided adjacent to the intermediate portion the fin and bent at a first curvature radius, and
a distal end located on an opposite side of the intermediate portion from the base portion and bent at a second curvature radius smaller than the first curvature radius.

12. The heat exchanger according to claim 11 , wherein a ratio (r 2 /r 1 ) of the second curvature radius r 2 to the first curvature radius r 1 is in a range of 0.65 to 0.95.

13. The heat exchanger according to claim 11 , wherein a thickness of the base portion is calculated with an average thickness ((T 1 +T 2 )/2) of a first thickness T 1 of a first portion in the base portion adjacent to the fin, and a second thickness T 2 of a second portion in the base portion at an end of the first curvature radius.

14. The heat exchanger according to claim 13 , wherein a ratio {(T 1 +T 2 )/2}T 0 of the average thickness ((T 1 +T 2 )/2) of the first thickness T 1 and the second thickness T 2 to a thickness T 0 of the fin is 0.9 or more.

15. The heat exchanger according to claim 13 , wherein the base portion is gradually thinned from the first portion toward the second portion.

16. The heat exchanger according to claim 11 , wherein the heat transfer tube includes convex portions and concave portions formed alternately in a circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface of the heat transfer tube.

17. The heat exchanger according to claim 16 , wherein:
N numbers of the convex portions and N numbers of the concave portions are formed in the circumferential direction on the inner circumferential surface of the heat transfer tube,
the heat transfer tube has a minimum inner diameter Di determined by a most concave portion of the concave portions, and
a ratio ((πDi/N)/Do) of a pitch (πDi/N) of the convex portions to an outer diameter Do of the heat transfer tube after tube expanding is in a range of 0.04 to 01.

18. The heat exchanger according to claim 11 , wherein the heat transfer tube includes convex portions and concave portions formed alternately in an axial direction on an inner circumferential surface of the heat transfer tube.

19. The heat exchanger according to claim 18 , wherein the convex portions extend obliquely with respect to the axial direction of the heat transfer tube.

20. The heat exchanger according to claim 18 , wherein a ratio (L/Do) of a lead angle formed by an extending direction of the convex portions and the axial direction of the heat transfer tube to an outer diameter Do of the heat transfer tube is in a range of 3.3 deg./m to 5.5 deg./m.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sang Mu
• Kim Hyun Young
• Fujiwara Akihiro

Classifications

• F25B39/00 Primary

  Evaporators; Condensers · CPC title

• F24F1/0059

  characterised by heat exchangers · CPC title

• F25B2313/0233

  in parallel arrangements · CPC title

• F28F1/42 Primary

  the means being both outside and inside the tubular element · CPC title

• F28F2001/428

  Particular methods for manufacturing outside or inside fins · CPC title