Refrigerant Piping, Method for Manufacturing Refrigerant Piping, Connection Structure for Refrigerant Piping, and Valve Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025116439-A1
Application number	US-202218729418-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2022
Priority date	Jan 17, 2022
Publication date	Apr 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

To provide a refrigerant pipe, a manufacturing method of a refrigerant pipe, connection structure for refrigerant pipes, and a valve device that it is easy to perform connection by brazing even in a case in which the materials thereof are different from each other. A joint member consists of stainless steel, wherein a coat of copper or copper alloy by a metallic bond is formed on an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface in an end portion on at least one side in a longitudinal direction. Accordingly, even in the case in which the joint member itself consists of stainless steel, it is easy to connect with the connection target via the end portion on which the coat of copper or copper alloy is formed.

First claim

1 . A refrigerant pipe consisting of stainless steel, wherein a coat of copper or copper alloy by a metallic bond is formed on an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface in an end portion on at least one side in a longitudinal direction.

2 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat is a sheet-shaped body and is arranged in a state of being rounded in a C shape.

3 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat is an annular cylindrical body.

4 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 2 , wherein a slit is provided in a circumferential direction or an axial direction of the coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat.

5 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat is a net-shaped body and is arranged in an annular shape or in a state of being rounded in a C shape.

6 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat is a band-shaped body with a cross section in a circular shape or a rectangular shape, and is spirally arranged along an axial direction.

7 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat is a ring-shaped body in a C shape or an annular shape, and a plurality of the coating member are provided along an axial direction so as to be adjacent to each other.

8 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 , wherein a coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat is a wire-shaped body, and is arranged in an annular shape or in a state of being rounded in a C shape.

9 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 2 , wherein in a coating member consisting of the copper or the copper alloy forming the coat, a surface of a section orthogonal to an axial direction is formed in an uneven shape along a circumferential direction.

10 . The refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the coat is formed to extend to an end surface in the end portion at the one side.

11 . A manufacturing method of a refrigerant pipe that consists of stainless steel, comprising heating copper or copper alloy to a temperature above a solidus temperature to cause the copper or the copper alloy into a semi-molten state in an environment in which an oxide coat is removable so as to form a coat of copper or copper alloy with respect to an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface in an end portion on at least one side of a longitudinal direction of the refrigerant pipe.

12 . The manufacturing method of a refrigerant pipe according to claim 11 , wherein the environment in which an oxide coat is removable is a hydrogen reduction furnace.

13 . The manufacturing method of a refrigerant pipe according to claim 11 , wherein the coat of copper or copper alloy is formed by laser irradiation.

14 . A connection structure for refrigerant pipes where a first refrigerant pipe and a second refrigerant pipe are connected by brazing,
wherein the first refrigerant pipe consists of stainless steel, and a coat of copper or copper alloy by metallic bond is formed on an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface of an end portion of the first refrigerant pipe at the second refrigerant pipe side, and the second refrigerant pipe consists of the copper or the copper alloy, or the coat of copper or copper alloy by metallic bond is formed on an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface of an end portion of the second refrigerant pipe at the first refrigerant pipe side.

15 . The connection structure for refrigerant pipes according to claim 14 , wherein in the first refrigerant pipe, the coat is formed to extend to an end surface in an end portion of the first refrigerant pipe at the second refrigerant pipe side and, in the second refrigerant pipe, in a case in which the second refrigerant pipe does not consist of the copper or the copper alloy, the coat is formed to extend to an end surface of an end portion of the second refrigerant pipe at the first refrigerant pipe side.

16 . A valve device, comprising a valve main body to which a joint member is connected, wherein the refrigerant pipe according to claim 1 is used at the joint member.

Assignees

• Saginomiya Seisakusho Inc

Inventors

• Watanabe Hidetaka
• Murata Masahiro
• Mitome Ryo
• Okada Satoshi
• Kemmotsu Daiichiro

Classifications

• F16L9/02 Primary

  of metal (F16L9/16 - F16L9/22 take precedence) · CPC title

• F25B41/26

  of fluid flow reversing valves · CPC title

• F25B2313/02792

  using reversing valve changing the refrigerant flow direction due to pressure differences of the refrigerant and not by external actuation · CPC title

• F25B2313/02741

  using one four-way valve · CPC title

• F16L13/007

  specially adapted for joining pipes of dissimilar materials {(joints between metal and plastic pipes F16L47/24)} · CPC title