Vehicle heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9856778-B2
Application number	US-201615217528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2016
Priority date	Jul 28, 2015
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A heat exchanger includes first, second, third, and fourth passages. Engine coolant flows through the first passages. Engine oil flows through the second passages. Transmission oil flows through the fourth passages after flows through the third passages. Each first passage and each third passage is disposed in the same layer. Each second passage and each fourth passage is disposed in the same layer. Each first and each third passage are disposed in a different layer from the layer of each second and each fourths flow passage. Each fourth passage is disposed upstream of a first flow direction of the engine coolant in each first passage, and each second passage is disposed downstream of the first flow direction. Each third passage is disposed upstream of a second flow direction of the engine oil in each second passage, and each first passage is disposed downstream of the second flow direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger for a vehicle, the heat exchanger comprising
a plurality of plate bodies stacked together to constitute first passages, second passages, third passages, fourth passages and a communicating passage,
the first passages being configured to flow an engine coolant through the first passages,
the second passages being configured to flow an engine oil through the second passages,
the third passages being configured to flow a transmission oil through the third passages,
the fourth passages being configured to flow the transmission oil that has flowed through the third passages, through the fourth passages, and
the communicating passage being configured to communicate the third passages with the fourth passages, wherein
the first passages are configured to allow the engine coolant to be heat-exchanged with both the engine oil in the second passages and the transmission oil in the fourth passages via the plate bodies,
the second passages are configured to allow the engine oil to be heat-exchanged with both the engine coolant in the first passages and the transmission oil in the third passages via the plate bodies,
each first passage is disposed in the same layer as a layer of each third passage,
each second passage is disposed in the same layer as a layer of each fourth passage,
each first passage and each third passage are disposed in a different layer from the layer of each second passage and each fourth passage,
each fourth passage is disposed upstream of a first flow direction of the engine coolant in each first passage,
each second passage is disposed downstream of the first flow direction of the engine coolant in each first passage,
each third passage is disposed upstream of a second flow direction of the engine oil in each second passage, and
each first passage is disposed downstream of the second flow direction of the engine oil in each second passage.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
a first inflow port and a first outflow port of the engine coolant in the first passage, and a second inflow port and a second outflow port of the engine oil in the second passage are arranged such that the first flow direction of the engine coolant in each first passage and the second flow direction of the engine oil in each second passage are counter-direction each other.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
a first inflow port and a first outflow port of the engine coolant in the first passage, and a fourth inflow port and a fourth outflow port of the transmission oil in the fourth passage are arranged such that the first flow direction of the engine coolant in each first passage and a fourth flow direction of the transmission oil in each fourth passage are counter-direction each other.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
a second inflow port and a second outflow port of the engine oil in the second passage, and a third inflow port and a third outflow port of the transmission oil in the third passage are arranged such that the second flow direction of the engine oil in each second passage and a third flow direction of the transmission oil in each third passage are counter-direction each other.

5. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
a summed area of a third area and a fourth area is greater than a second area,
the second area is an area in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plate bodies in each second passage,
the third area is an area in the direction orthogonal to the stacking direction of the plate bodies in each third passage, and
the fourth area is an area in the direction orthogonal to the stacking direction of the plate bodies in each fourth passage.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tokozakura Daisuke
• Arakawa Kazuya
• Shiina Takahiro

Classifications

• F28D9/0093

  Multi-circuit heat-exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat-exchangers for more than two fluids · CPC title

• F28D9/0037 Primary

  the conduits for the other heat-exchange medium also being formed by paired plates touching each other (F28D9/0043 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01P11/08 Primary

  Arrangements of lubricant coolers (in lubrication apparatus F01M) · CPC title

• F28D9/005

  the plates having openings therein for both heat-exchange media · CPC title

• F01P2060/045

  for transmissions · CPC title