Thermal component, method for producing same, and heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11415375-B2
Application number	US-201815894179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2018
Priority date	Feb 12, 2018
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

In a method for producing a thermal component (1, 1′) a pipe (2, 2′,2″) having a fluid channel (3, 3′, 3″) with an inner profile (4, 4′) is provided, and a swirler (6, 6′) having an outer profile (5, 5′) corresponding to the inner profile (4, 4′) is inserted into the fluid channel (3, 3′, 3″). A thermal component (1, 1′) manufactured in this manner includes a pipe (2, 2′, 2″) having a fluid channel (3, 3′, 3″), and a swirler. The fluid channel (3, 3′, 3″) of the pipe (2, 2′, 2″) includes an inner profile (4, 4′) corresponding to an outer profile (5, 5′) of the swirler (6, 6′), and the swirler is disposed in the fluid channel (3, 3′, 3″).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A thermal component ( 1 , 1 ′), comprising a pipe ( 2 , 2 ′, 2 ″) comprising
a fluid channel ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″) and a swirler, the fluid channel ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″) of the pipe ( 2 , 2 ′, 2 ″) including an inner profile ( 4 , 4 ′) corresponding to an outer profile ( 5 , 5 ′) of the swirler ( 6 , 6 ′), the swirler being disposed in the fluid channel ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″),
wherein the inner profile ( 4 , 4 ′) is formed by a sliding plate ( 7 , 7 ′, 7 ″),
wherein the wall of the pipe ( 2 ′) has a longitudinal gap ( 8 ), through which the sliding plate ( 7 ″) extends into the pipe.

2. The thermal component ( 1 , 1 ′) according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding plate ( 7 , 7 ′, 7 ″) has a surface profile.

3. The thermal component ( 1 , 1 ′) according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the surfaces of the sliding plate ( 7 , 7 ′, 7 ″) has a corrugated profile.

4. The thermal component ( 1 , 1 ′) according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe ( 2 ′) has at least one lateral opening ( 9 ).

5. The thermal component ( 1 , 1 ′) according to claim 4 , wherein a connecting pipe ( 11 ) is press-fitted against the swirler ( 6 , 6 ′) and the sliding plate ( 8 ) in the lateral opening ( 9 ).

6. The thermal component ( 1 , 1 ′) according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe ( 2 , 2 ′, 2 ″) comprises a plurality of the fluid channel ( 3 , 3 ′, 3 ″), each of which comprises one of the swirler ( 6 , 6 ′).

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Berger Thierry
• Vreeland Gary Scott

Classifications

• B23P15/26 Primary

  heat exchangers {or the like (making heat exchangers by methods covered by other subclasses B21D53/02)} · CPC title

• F28D7/1684

  the conduits having a non-circular cross-section · CPC title

• F28F9/0217

  the partitions being separate elements attached to header boxes · CPC title

• F28F13/12

  by creating turbulence, e.g. by stirring, by increasing the force of circulation (F28F13/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B21D53/06

  of metal tubes · CPC title