Heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12007178-B2
Application number	US-201917419072-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2019
Priority date	Dec 29, 2018
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

A heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including flat tubes and fins. The flat tubes are provided at intervals along the thickness direction of the flat tubes. The flat tubes are internally provided with fluid channels extending along the longitudinal direction of the flat tubes. The fins are provided between adjacent flat tubes. A plurality of fins between adjacent flat tubes are provided at intervals along the transverse direction of the flat tubes. Each fin extends along the longitudinal direction of the flat tubes. Ventilation windows are provided on the fins.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger, comprising:
a plurality of flat tubes, spaced from each other along a width direction of the flat tubes, wherein a fluid channel is arranged in each of the flat tubes and extends along a length direction of the flat tubes, and each of the flat tubes has two main surfaces opposite along a thickness direction of the flat tubes and has two side surfaces opposite along the width direction of the flat tubes; and
a plurality of fins arranged between adjacent flat tubes in the thickness direction of the flat tubes and spaced apart from each other in the width direction of the flat tubes, and each of the plurality of fins extends along the length direction of the flat tubes and is provided with a ventilation window,
wherein:
at least a first fin of the plurality of fins comprises a flat sheet and a positioning flange, wherein the flat sheet extends along the thickness direction of the flat tubes and has two opposite side edges along the thickness direction of the flat tube; the positioning flange of the first fin is connected to one of the two side edges of the flat sheet of the first fin and extends towards an adjacent fin of the plurality of fins;
a plurality of openings are arranged in the positioning flange along the length direction of the flat tubes, and the first fin forms a depression at each opening of the positioning flange, a depth of the depression being not less than a thickness of the positioning flange.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning flange of the first fin has a first end connecting the flat sheet of the fin and a second end away from the flat sheet of the first fin; and a plurality of ventilation windows are arranged on the flat sheet along the length direction of the flat tubes.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of ventilation windows comprises a louvre blade connected to the flat sheet and an opening in the flat sheet.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between two adjacent openings in the positioning flange in the length direction of the flat tubes is u, and a length of the opening in the length direction of the flat tubes is v, wherein 0.1≤u/v≤10.

5. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein the second end of the positioning flange is provided with a positioning tab, the positioning tab extends away from the second end of the positioning flange along the thickness direction of the flat tubes, with an extension distance of k, and a thickness of the flat sheet of the first fin is t, wherein 1<k/t≤10.

Assignees

• Sanhua Hangzhou Micro Channel Heat Exchanger Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gao Qiang
• Liang Xin
• Zhang Chaochao
• Jiang Jianlong

Classifications

• F28F2215/14

  in the form of movable or loose fins · CPC title

• F28F2215/04

  Assemblies of fins having different features, e.g. with different fin densities · CPC title

• F28F1/30

  the means being attachable to the element (F28F1/32 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28D2021/0068

  for refrigerant cycles · CPC title

• F28F1/022

  with multiple channels · CPC title