Heat exchanger fin, heat exchanger, indoor unit and air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12215876-B2
Application number	US-202017764972-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2020
Priority date	Oct 23, 2019
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are a heat exchanger fin, a heat exchanger, an indoor unit and an air conditioner. The heat exchanger fin includes a fin body, and the fin body includes an air outlet contour line arranged on one side and an air inlet contour line arranged on the other side; refrigerant pipe mounting holes are provided in the fin body; and on a straight line where the curvature radius of the air outlet contour line of the fin body is located, or on a straight line where the curvature radius of the air inlet contour line of the fin body is located, the distance between the air inlet contour line and the air outlet contour line of the fin body is gradually reduced from the middle to two ends of the heat exchanger fin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger fin, comprising:
a fin body, comprising an air outlet contour line arranged at one side and an air inlet contour line arranged at other side, and provided with refrigerant pipe mounting holes; wherein
the fin body is curved from a center of the heat exchanger fin to two ends of the heat exchanger fin;
a distance between the air inlet contour line and the air outlet contour line of the fin body, on a straight line of a curvature radius of the air outlet contour line of the fin body or on a straight line of a curvature radius of the air inlet contour line of the fin body, decreases from the center of the heat exchanger fin to the two ends of the heat exchanger fin;
the fin body is concave in a direction from an air inlet side to an air outlet side of the fin body;
a distance between adjacent refrigerant pipe mounting holes is positively correlated with a diameter of the refrigerant pipe mounting holes: both the distance between adjacent refrigerant pipe mounting holes and the diameter of the refrigerant pipe mounting holes decreases from the center of the heat exchanger fin to the two ends of the heat exchanger fin; and
number of the refrigerant pipe mounting holes is decreased from the center to the two ends of the heat exchanger fin.

2. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 1 , wherein the fin body is a one-piece structure.

3. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the air outlet contour line of one heat exchanger fin overlaps with the air inlet contour line of an adjacent heat exchanger fin.

4. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 3 , wherein
a first end and a second end of the air inlet contour line are connected to the air outlet contour line respectively.

5. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 4 , wherein
a straight line corresponding to the maximum distance extends along an air inlet direction for the heat exchanger fin.

6. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 5 , wherein
the fin body is symmetrical relative to the straight line corresponding to the maximum distance.

7. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 5 , wherein
a length of the air inlet contour line at one side of the straight line corresponding to the maximum distance is greater than a length of the air inlet contour line at the other side of the straight line corresponding to the maximum distance.

8. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 7 , wherein
the air outlet contour line comprises five are segments connected in sequence, and curvatures decrease from the center to the two ends of the heat exchanger fin.

9. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 5 , wherein
a plane where an air inlet direction for the fin body is located is a first plane, and a plane which is perpendicular to the first plane is a second plane; and
the fin body is of a larger projection size on the second plane than that on the first plane.

10. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 9 , wherein
the fin body is of a larger projection size on the second plane at one side of the straight line corresponding to the maximum distance than that on the second plane at the other side of the straight line corresponding to the maximum distance.

11. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 9 , wherein
the fin body is of a larger projection size on the first plane at one side of the straight line corresponding to the maximum distance than that on the first plane at the other side of the straight line corresponding to the maximum distance.

12. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat exchanger fin is formed as an equidistant region at the center, and the distance between the air inlet contour line and the air outlet contour line is equal within the equidistant region.

13. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 12 , wherein
the air inlet contour line and the air outlet contour line within the equidistant region are any one or any combination of an arc and a straight line.

14. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 1 , wherein
an inner diameter of the refrigerant pipe mounting holes are decreased from the center to the two ends of the heat exchanger fin.

15. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 1 , wherein
the distance between the air inlet contour line and the air outlet contour line of the fin body corresponding to the refrigerant pipe mounting holes are positively correlated with an internal diameter of each refrigerant pipe mounting hole, on a straight line of a curvature radius of the air outlet contour line of the fin body or on a straight line of a curvature radius of the air inlet contour line of the fin body: both the distance between the air inlet contour line and the air outlet contour line of the fin body and the internal diameter of each refrigerant pipe mounting hole decreases from the center of the heat exchanger fin to the two ends of the heat exchanger fin.

16. The heat exchanger fin according to claim 1 , wherein
an internal diameter of each refrigerant pipe mounting hole is linear-positively correlated with a distance of circle centers between any two adjacent refrigerant pipe mounting holes, on a straight line of a curvature radius of the air outlet contour line of the fin body or on a straight line of a curvature radius of the air inlet contour line of the fin body: both the internal diameter of each refrigerant pipe mounting hole and the distance of circle centers between any two adjacent refrigerant pipe mounting holes decreases from the center of the heat exchanger fin to the two ends of the heat exchanger fin.

17. A heat exchanger, comprising:
at least one heat exchanger fin as defined in claim 1 , which are arranged side by side, wherein a distance between any two adjacent heat exchanger fins is not less than a preset interval; and
a refrigerant pipe, wherein a pipe diameter of the refrigerant pipe fits with a size of a refrigerant pipe mounting hole of the heat exchanger fin, and the refrigerant pipe passes through the refrigerant pipe mounting hole.

18. An indoor unit, comprising:
a shell, provided with an air inlet and an air outlet;
a fan, arranged inside the shell; and
a heat exchanger as defined in claim 17 , arranged inside the shell and arranged corresponding to the fan.

19. An air conditioner, comprising:
an outdoor unit; and
an indoor unit as defined in claim 18 , connected to the outdoor unit.

Assignees

• Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Baisong
• Luo Bin
• Li Feng
• Li Zhaohui
• Yang Kun
• Wu Lin

Classifications

• F28F1/20

  the means being attachable to the element (F28F1/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F24F1/0067 Primary

  by the shape of the heat exchangers or of parts thereof, e.g. of their fins · CPC title

• F28F2210/10

  Particular layout, e.g. for uniform temperature distribution · CPC title

• F28F2210/08

  Assemblies of conduits having different features · CPC title

• F28F2215/00

  Fins · CPC title