IP Library Granted Patent US 7,836,944
Granted Patent B2
US 7,836,944 · App. 11/589,021 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Multichannel flat tube for heat exchanger

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,836,944
App. No.
11/589,021
Filed
Oct 27, 2006
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Examiner
DUONG, THO V
Art Unit
3744
USPC
165/177
Abstract

The invention relates to a multi-channel flat tube for heat exchangers that contains at least two channels extending along its length and arranged essentially adjacent to each other along its width passable by fluid, or at least two channel sections formed by one or several of said channels, whereby between the channels or the channel sections over the length of the flat tube one region of reduced heat transmission in each case is provided, characterized by that the region of reduced heat transmission is defined by a connecting web and isolating channels arranged on both sides of the connecting web. The transverse heat conduction within the flat tube is reduced by this arrangement.

Claims (15)

1. A multi-channel flat tube for heat exchangers comprising:

a first channel section including at least one channel formed therein passable by a fluid;

a second channel section including at least one channel formed therein passable by a fluid;

a region of reduced heat transmission disposed between said first channel section and said second channel section, wherein said region of reduced heat transmission is formed by a constriction including a first elongate slot and a second elongate slot, the first elongate slot and the second elongate slot each disposed along an entire length of the multi-channel flat tube, the first elongate slot formed in a first side of the multi-channel flat tube and the second elongate slot formed in a second side of the multi-channel flat tube opposite the first elongate slot;

a first isolating channel disposed in said region of reduced heat transmission, wherein said first isolating channel is an elongate conduit disposed along the entire length of the multi-channel flat tube between the first elongate slot and the second elongate slot, and

wherein a material cross-section at said region of reduced heat transmission along the multi-channel flat tube reduced by the constriction and the first isolating channel is substantially constant along the entire length of the multi-channel flat tube.

2. The tube according to claim 1 , wherein a flow through said first channel section and a flow through said second channel section are opposite in direction.

3. A multi-channel flat tube for heat exchangers comprising:

a first channel section including at least one channel formed therein passable by a fluid;

a second channel section including at least one channel formed therein passable by a fluid;

a region of reduced heat transmission disposed between said first channel section and said second channel section, wherein said region of reduced heat transmission is formed by a first isolating channel,

wherein said region of reduced heat transmission is also formed by a constriction including a first elongate slot and a second elongate slot, the first elongate slot and the second elongate slot each disposed along an entire length of the multi-channel flat tube, the first elongate slot formed in a first side of the multi-channel flat tube and the second elongate slot formed in a second side of the multi-channel flat tube opposite the first elongate slot,

wherein said first isolating channel is an elongate conduit disposed along the entire length of the multi-channel flat tube between the first elongate slot and the second elongate slot, and

wherein a material cross-section at said region of reduced heat transmission along the multi-channel flat tube reduced by the constriction and the first isolating channel is substantially constant along the entire length of the multi-channel flat tube.

4. The tube according to claim 3 , wherein a flow through said first channel section and a flow through said second channel section are opposite in direction.