Plate-shaped heat exchanger for a cooling device comprising at least one heart exchanger package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9638476-B2
Application number	US-201113814041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2011
Priority date	Aug 5, 2010
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a plate-shaped heat exchanger for a cooling device comprising at least one heat exchanger package, in particular for a motor vehicle, consisting of a plurality of openings for accommodating a pipe conducting a coolant, wherein each opening is surrounded by an passage and a plurality of projections are distributed between the passages for the heat exchange with the medium to be cooled. In order to allow a high performance increase of a cooling device, yet a low increase in pressure loss of the charge air, a plurality of projections are arranged around an passage, wherein the projections have a shape that assures deliberate heat conduction from the projections to the passage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plate-shaped heat exchanger for a cooling device comprising at least one heat exchanger package, wherein the heat exchanger package comprises a plurality of openings for accommodating a tube conducting a coolant, wherein each opening is surrounded by a rim hole and a plurality of projections are distributed between the rim holes for heat exchange with the medium to be cooled, wherein a plurality of projections are arranged around a rim hole, wherein the projections have a shape which ensures a targeted heat conduction from the projection to the rim hole, wherein the ends of the projections are arranged approximately circularly around the rim hole and extend orthogonally away from the rim hole, wherein a turbulator or spacer is arranged between adjacent rim holes, wherein the turbulator or spacer supports a heat exchanger package situated above, wherein a bead is arranged between adjacent rim holes in an edge region of the plate-shaped heat exchanger, wherein the edge region comprises a corrugation.

2. The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the projection is of circular segment-like design.

3. The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the width and/or the length and/or the height of the circular segment-like projection and/or the spacing between two adjacent circular segment-like projections and/or the spacing of the circular segment-like projection to a rim hole depends on the heat conduction to be achieved from the circular segment-like projection to the rim hole.

4. The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the circular segment-like projections are arranged in two or more rows around the rim hole.

5. The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein there extends along the longitudinal extent of at least one projection a first material overhang which enables air exchange in the direction of the rim hole and in particular the width of the projection and/or the height of the projection and/or the depth of the projection depends on the heat conduction to be achieved from the projection to the rim hole.

6. The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the projections are subdivided into at least two groups which are arranged around the rim hole in such a way that each group is positioned at a spacing from a line which runs approximately centrally through the rim hole and extends perpendicularly to an edge of the heat exchanger.

7. The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rim hole has, at a spacing from the surface of the heat exchanger, a crown tulip for receiving a heat exchanger situated above it.

Assignees

• Kerler Boris
• Grözinger Steffen
• Tosun Mehmet
• Schnepf Christian
• Schmidt Florian
• Krauss Hans-Joachim
• Lukcin Vinko
• Larpent Stéphanie
• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Kerler Boris
• Grözinger Steffen
• Tosun Mehmet
• Schnepf Christian
• Schmidt Florian
• Krauss Hans-Joachim
• Lukcin Vinko
• Larpent Stéphanie

Classifications

• F28F2225/06

  for fins · CPC title

• F28D2021/0082

  Charged air coolers · CPC title

• F28D1/053

  the conduits being straight · CPC title

• F28F3/08 Primary

  Elements constructed for building-up into stacks, e.g. capable of being taken apart for cleaning · CPC title

• F28F1/325 Primary

  Fins with openings · CPC title