Heat exchanger for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9957879-B2
Application number	US-201615218572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2016
Priority date	Jul 28, 2015
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A heat exchanger includes: a first flow passage for an engine coolant; a second flow passage for an engine oil; a third flow passage for a transmission oil; and plural plates that partition the first, the second and the third flow passage. The first flow passage is configured to allow the engine coolant to be heat-exchanged with both the engine oil and the transmission oil via the plates. The second flow passage is arranged in the same layer with the third flow passage. The first flow passage is arranged in a different layer from the layer of the second and the third flow passage. The third flow passage is disposed on an upstream side and second flow passage is disposed on a downstream side in a flow direction of the engine coolant in the first flow passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger for a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine and a transmission, the heat exchanger comprising:
a first flow passage through which an engine coolant flows;
a second flow passage through which an engine oil flows;
a third flow passage through which a transmission oil flows; and
plural plates that partition the first flow passage, the second flow passage, and the third flow passage,
wherein
the first flow passage is configured to allow the engine coolant to be heat-exchanged with both the engine oil in the second flow passage and the transmission oil in the third flow passage via the plates,
the second flow passage is arranged in the same layer as a layer of the third flow passage,
the first flow passage is arranged in a different layer from the layer of the second flow passage and the third flow passage,
the third flow passage is disposed on an upstream side in a flow direction of the engine coolant in the first flow passage, and
the second flow passage is disposed on a downstream side in the flow direction of the engine coolant in the first flow passage.

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

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

4. The heat exchanger for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a third area of the third flow passage in the direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plates is greater than a second area of the second flow passage in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction of the plates.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Toyota Jidoshi Kk

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

• F16H57/0417 Primary

  Heat exchangers adapted or integrated in the gearing · CPC title

• F01P11/08 Primary

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

• F28F9/00

  Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings · CPC title

• F28D9/04 Primary

  the conduits being formed by spirally-wound plates or laminae · CPC title