IP Library Granted Patent US 12669297
Granted Patent B2
US 12669297 · App. 18/713,823 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Cup-plate type heat exchanger

Inventor: Shuhei Matsusaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: T.RAD CO., LTD.
F28F3/10F28D9/0037F28D9/005F28D9/0075F28F3/086
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Patent No.
US 12669297
App. No.
18/713,823
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This cup-plate type heat exchanger has a lower end plate 2 that is thicker than each of second plates 5 . In a state in which plates 2, 3 , and 5 are stacked, each of inner fins 4 is provided between the lower end plate 2 and the first plate 3 fitted inside the lower end plate and between the second plate 5 and the first plate 3 fitted inside the second plate, and an angle α of a first inclined portion 6 of the lower end plate 2 is formed smaller than an angle β of a first inclined portion 8 of each of the second plates 5.

Claims (12)

1 . A cup-plate type heat exchanger being formed of a stacked body of plates each of which is inclined upward from a center toward an outer periphery as a whole on an entire peripheral edge of a base plane surface ( 1 ),

in which each of first plates ( 3 ) and each of second plates ( 5 ) are alternately stacked in an intermediate portion in a stack direction,

in which each of the first plates ( 3 ) includes a first vertical portion ( 7 ) that rises substantially parallel to a perpendicular line (L) that is to stand on the base plane surface ( 1 ) from a periphery of the base plane surface ( 1 ), an inclined portion ( 8 ) that is inclined outward from a periphery of the first vertical portion ( 7 ) thereof at an acute angle (β) with respect to the perpendicular line (L), and a second vertical portion ( 7 ) that rises substantially parallel to the perpendicular line (L) from an edge of the inclined portion ( 8 ) thereof,

in which each of the second plates ( 5 ) includes a first inclined portion ( 8 ) that is inclined outward at the acute angle (β) with respect to the perpendicular line (L) that is to stand on the periphery of the base plane surface ( 1 ), a vertical portion ( 7 ) that rises substantially parallel to the perpendicular line (L) from an edge of the first inclined portion ( 8 ) thereof, and a second inclined portion ( 8 ) that is inclined outward from an edge of the vertical portion ( 7 ) thereof at the acute angle (β) with respect to the perpendicular line (L), and

in which the vertical portions ( 7 ) and the inclined portions ( 8 ) of the two plates ( 3 , 5 ) are aligned and stacked,

wherein a lower end plate ( 2 ) that is thicker than each of the second plates ( 5 ) is provided at a lower end in the stack direction,

wherein the lower end plate ( 2 ) includes a first inclined portion ( 6 ) that is inclined outward from the periphery of the base plane surface ( 1 ) at an acute angle (α) with respect to the perpendicular line (L) that is to stand on the base plane surface ( 1 ), a vertical portion ( 7 ) that rises substantially parallel to the perpendicular line (L) from an edge of the first inclined portion ( 6 ) thereof, and a second inclined portion ( 8 ) that is inclined outward from an edge of the vertical portion ( 7 ) thereof at the acute angle (β) with respect to the perpendicular line (L),

wherein, in a state in which the plates ( 2 , 3 , 5 ) are stacked, each of inner fins ( 4 ) is provided between the lower end plate ( 2 ) and the first plate ( 3 ) fitted inside the lower end plate ( 2 ) and between the second plate ( 5 ) and the first plate ( 3 ) fitted inside the second plate ( 5 ), and

wherein the angle (α) of the first inclined portion ( 6 ) of the lower end plate ( 2 ) is formed smaller than the angle (β) of the first inclined portion ( 8 ) of each of the second plates ( 5 ).

2 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first plates ( 3 ) directly contacts the lower end plate ( 2 ).

3 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a curved portion connects the base plane surface ( 1 ) and the first inclined portion ( 6 ) of the lower end plate ( 2 ).

4 . The heat exchanger according to claim 3 , wherein one of the first plates ( 3 ) directly contacts the lower end plate ( 2 ).