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Granted Patent B2
US 12663223 · App. 18/622,224 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Heat exchanger

Inventors: Ken Satou (Osaka, JP); Tooru Andou (Osaka, JP); Tomoki Hirokawa (Osaka, JP); Aya Okuno (Osaka, JP); Kengo Uchida (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F28F1/12F28F1/04F28F1/32F28F2215/04
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Patent No.
US 12663223
App. No.
18/622,224
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a refrigerant and air, includes: flat tubes disposed in a first direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of cross sections of the flat tubes and through which the refrigerant flows; first heat transfer fins that contact the flat tubes and are disposed on a windward side of the flat tubes; and second heat transfer fins that contact the flat tubes and are disposed on a leeward side of the flat tubes. The first heat transfer fins are inserted toward the flat tubes from a side of first ends in the longitudinal direction. The second heat transfer fins are inserted toward the flat tubes from a side of second ends in the longitudinal direction.

Claims (45)

1 . A heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a refrigerant and air, comprising:

flat tubes disposed in a first direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of cross sections of the flat tubes and through which the refrigerant flows;

first heat transfer fins that contact the flat tubes and are disposed on a windward side of the flat tubes, wherein the first heat transfer fins are inserted toward the flat tubes from a side of first ends in the longitudinal direction; and

second heat transfer fins that contact the flat tubes and are disposed on a leeward side of the flat tubes, wherein the second heat transfer fins are inserted toward the flat tubes from a side of second ends in the longitudinal direction, wherein

the first heat transfer fins each comprise:

first insertion portions that are each inserted between adjacent ones of the flat tubes; and

a first connection portion that extends in the first direction and that connects the first insertion portions outside the first ends in the longitudinal direction of the cross sections of the flat tubes,

the second heat transfer fins each comprise:

second insertion portions that are each inserted between adjacent ones of the flat tubes; and

a second connection portion that extends in the first direction and that connects the second insertion portions outside the second ends in the longitudinal direction of the cross sections of the flat tubes,

a distance in an air flow direction between the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins is:

1 mm or greater, and

20% or less of a length of the cross sections of the flat tubes in the longitudinal direction.

2 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first connection portion in an air flow direction is greater than a width of the second connection portion in the air flow direction.

3 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a fin pitch of the first heat transfer fins is greater than a fin pitch of the second heat transfer fins.

4 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the distance in an air flow direction between the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins is equal to or greater than both:

a fin pitch of the first heat transfer fins, and

a fin pitch of the second heat transfer fins.

5 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins have different fin shapes.

6 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein at least some but not all of the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins have cuts.

7 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a cut is formed in a front edge on a windward side of each of the second heat transfer fins.

8 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins are formed of a clad material.

9 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins are disposed in a staggered manner.

10 . A heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a refrigerant and air, comprising:

flat tubes disposed in a first direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of cross sections of the flat tubes and through which the refrigerant flows;

first heat transfer fins that contact the flat tubes and are disposed on a windward side of the flat tubes, wherein the first heat transfer fins are inserted toward the flat tubes from a side of first ends in the longitudinal direction; and

second heat transfer fins that contact the flat tubes and are disposed on a leeward side of the flat tubes, wherein the second heat transfer fins are inserted toward the flat tubes from a side of second ends in the longitudinal direction, wherein

the first heat transfer fins each comprise:

first insertion portions that are each inserted between adjacent ones of the flat tubes; and

a first connection portion that extends in the first direction and that connects the first insertion portions outside the first ends in the longitudinal direction of the cross sections of the flat tubes,

the second heat transfer fins each comprise:

second insertion portions that are each inserted between adjacent ones of the flat tubes; and

a second connection portion that extends in the first direction and that connects the second insertion portions outside the second ends in the longitudinal direction of the cross sections of the flat tubes, and

a distance in an air flow direction between the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins is equal to or greater than both:

a fin pitch of the first heat transfer fins, and

a fin pitch of the second heat transfer fins.

11 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein a width of the first connection portion in an air flow direction is greater than a width of the second connection portion in the air flow direction.

12 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein a fin pitch of the first heat transfer fins is greater than a fin pitch of the second heat transfer fins.

13 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein the distance in an air flow direction between the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins is 1 mm or greater.

14 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein the distance in an air flow direction between the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins is 20% or less of a length of the cross sections of the flat tubes in the longitudinal direction.

15 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins have different fin shapes.

16 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein at least some but not all of the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins have cuts.

17 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein a cut is formed in a front edge on a windward side of each of the second heat transfer fins.

18 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins are formed of a clad material.

19 . The heat exchanger according to claim 10 , wherein the first heat transfer fins and the second heat transfer fins are disposed in a staggered manner.