Heat exchanger plate and method for producing a heat exchanger plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12510309-B2
Application number	US-202418586898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2024
Priority date	Feb 27, 2023
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

A cooling plate for battery cooling has a plate body formed from two plate elements and a connecting piece for a cooling fluid. The connecting piece has a connection section which is joined in a receiving section of the plate body formed between the plate elements. The connection section has two arcuate wall sections in cross section and two opposing, outwardly directed longitudinal webs. The receiving section has longitudinal grooves extending between the plate elements in the area of the joining plane. The longitudinal webs run in the longitudinal grooves.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A heat exchanger plate, comprising:
a plate body; and a receiving section, wherein
the plate body comprises at least two plate elements and a connecting piece for a cooling fluid, the connecting piece comprising a connection section joined at a joining plane area to the receiving section between adjacent plate elements of the at least two plate elements, the connection section comprising two outwardly directed longitudinal webs, the receiving section comprising longitudinal grooves extending in the joining plane area between the adjacent plate elements of the at least two plate elements, and the longitudinal webs extend in the longitudinal grooves.

2 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal webs comprise triangular cross sections having concave web walls and a rounded tip.

3 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal grooves comprise a funnel-shaped cross section having concave groove cheeks and a wedge-shaped groove base.

4 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal webs and the longitudinal grooves are complementary.

5 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the connection section comprises convexly curved wall sections which extend between the longitudinal webs.

6 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 3 , wherein the receiving section comprises convexly curved receiving wall sections connected to the groove cheeks.

7 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the connection section comprises wall sections that extend parallel to the joining plane area, which transition into the longitudinal webs at each end via the curved wall sections.

8 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece comprises a stop on an end face of the receiving section.

9 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , further comprising a solder stop between the connecting piece and the receiving section.

10 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece comprises a coupling section with an abutment body.

11 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting piece comprises an annular bead stop on an end face of the receiving section.

12 . The heat exchanger plate according to claim 10 , wherein the coupling section comprises an annular bead.

13 . A method of producing a heat exchanger plate, the method comprising:
providing a connecting piece comprising a connection section with two outwardly directed longitudinal webs; providing plate elements comprising a first plate element and a second plate element, wherein each of the first plate element and the second plate element has a receiving contour for the connection section; transferring the first plate element and the second plate element into a mold soldering tool, the mold soldering tool comprising a lower tool and an upper tool, wherein the connection section is between the first plate element and the second plate element, and a solder material is between the connection section and each of the plate elements; closing the mold soldering tool and clamping the plate elements between the lower tool and the upper tool, wherein the receiving contour is shaped around the connection section, and a receiving section of the heat exchanger plate with longitudinal grooves extending in a joining plane area between the plate elements is formed; heating the plate elements; applying pressure to a gap between the plate elements by introducing an active medium into the gap via the connecting piece and forming a duct in at least one of the first plate element or the second plate element; melting the solder material between the plate elements and between the connection section and the receiving section and joining to each other respectively by soldering; opening the mold soldering tool and removing a cooling plate from the mold soldering tool.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the cooling plate is held and cooled in the mold soldering tool after opening the mold soldering tool and prior to removal from the mold soldering tool.

Assignees

• Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh

Inventors

• Duepmeier Tobias
• Fortmeier Guenter
• Grussmann Elmar
• Bickmann Carsten

Classifications

• F28F2255/14

  molded · CPC title

• B23K1/0012

  Brazing of heat exchangers · CPC title

• B23K2101/14

  Heat exchangers · CPC title

• H01M10/613 Primary

  Cooling or keeping cold · CPC title

• H01M10/6554

  Rods or plates · CPC title