Heat exchanger and air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12326302-B2
Application number	US-202318230777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2023
Priority date	Feb 7, 2021
Publication date	Jun 10, 2025
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025

Abstract

A heat exchanger and an air conditioner are provided. The heat exchanger includes fins and flat pipes arranged in parallel. Each of the flat pipes includes a first finned region, a second finned region, and a finless region. The first finned region is the second finned region via the finless region. The fins are provided both between adjacent two first finned regions and adjacent two second finned regions. An end of the finless region connected to the first finned region is twisted and defined as a first torsion section, the other end of the finless region connected to the second finned region is twisted and defined as a second torsion section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of fins and a plurality of flat pipes arranged in parallel,
wherein each of the plurality of flat pipes comprises a first finned region, a second finned region, and a finless region, the first finned region is connected to the second finned region via the finless region,
the plurality of fins are provided both between adjacent two first finned regions and between adjacent two second finned regions, an end of the finless region connected to the first finned region is twisted and defined as a first torsion section, the other end of the finless region connected to the second finned region is twisted and defined as a second torsion section, and a portion of the finless region between the first torsion section and the second torsion section is defined as a connecting section,
both the first torsion section and the second torsion section are twisted at a second angle along the same direction, so that each connecting section of the plurality of flat pipes is sequentially and partially stacked on an adjacent connecting section along the same direction, and the second angle is defined as b, the second angle b satisfies a following formula:

b
≤

90
⁢
°

-

sin

-
1

(

h

h
+
d

)

,

 wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of flat pipes is defined as h, a distance between adjacent two of the plurality of flat pipes is defined as d, and the distance d between adjacent two of the plurality of flat pipes is greater than the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes.

2. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein the second angle b is in a range of greater than or equal to 50 degrees.

3. The heat exchanger of claim 2 , wherein the second angle b is in a range of greater than 70 degrees and less than 80 degrees.

4. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein a bending section is defined by the connecting section bending along a length direction of the plurality of flat pipes, a first angle a is defined between the first finned region and the second finned region, and the first angle a is in a range of greater than 0 and less than or equal to 180 degrees.

5. The heat exchanger of claim 4 , wherein adjacent two of the bending sections are stacked with each other, and a first tilt angle between a center of the bending section and a horizontal plane is defined as c, and c satisfies a following formula:

c
≥

sin

-
1

(

h

h
+
d

)

,

a second tilt angle defined between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an outer side of a plurality of stacked bending sections is defined as c 1 , a third tilt angle defined between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections is defined as c 2 , a fourth tilt angle defined between the horizontal plane and a bending section between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections is defined as c 3 , and the second tilt angle c 1 between the horizontal plane and a bending section at the outer side of the plurality of stacked bending sections is greater than the tilt angle c 3 between the horizontal plane and a bending section between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections and the third tilt angle c 2 between the horizontal plane and a bending section at the inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections is greater than the fourth tilt angle c 3 between the horizontal plane and a bending section between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections.

6. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein a length of the finless region is defined as L, a length of the first torsion section is the same as a length of the second torsion section, and both the length of the first torsion section and length of the second torsion section are defined as S,
a length of the connecting section is defined as M, a width of each of the plurality of flat pipes is defined as W, and
the length L of the finless region, the length S of the first torsion section and the length S of the second torsion section, the length M of the connecting section and the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes satisfy following formulas: L=2S+M, S≥W (π/2+1), and the length M of the connecting section is greater than or equal to the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes.

7. The heat exchanger of claim 6 , wherein the length M of the connecting section is less than or equal to 10 times of the width of each of the plurality of flat pipes W.

8. The heat exchanger of claim 6 , wherein the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes and the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes satisfy a following formula: W/20≤h≤W/5.

9. The heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of flat pipes are made of stainless steel.

10. An air conditioner, comprising the heat exchanger of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Zhejiang Dunan Artificial Env Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Guanjun
• Lan Zhaozhong
• Ding Ergang

Classifications

• F28F2215/04

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

• F28F1/126

  consisting of zig-zag shaped fins (F28F1/105 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28F1/025

  with variable shape, e.g. with modified tube ends, with different geometrical features (F28F1/06, F28F1/08, F28F9/16, F28F9/18 take precedence) · CPC title

• F28D1/05366

  Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators · CPC title

• F28D1/0476

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