IP Library Granted Patent US 8,534,349
Granted Patent B2
US 8,534,349 · App. 10/432,439 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Heat exchanger tube and heat exchanger

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Patent No.
US 8,534,349
App. No.
10/432,439
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchanger tube ( 1 ), wherein a plurality of refrigerant passages ( 5 ) extending in the longitudinal direction of the tube are formed in a flat tube body ( 2 ) with a specified length parallel with each other in the lateral direction of the tube and, where the overall cross sectional area of the tube body ( 2 ) is (At), the overall cross sectional area of the refrigerant passage ( 5 ) is (Ac), the outer peripheral length of the tube body ( 2 ) is (L), and the overall inner peripheral length of the refrigerant passage ( 5 ) is (P), set so that the relation of Ac/At×100=30 to 55 and P/L×100=150 to 325 can be established, whereby a heat exchanging performance can be increased.

Claims (15)

1. A heat exchanger tube provided with a flat tube main body with a certain length and having a plurality of refrigerant flow passages each extending in a tube longitudinal direction and disposed in parallel in a tube widthwise direction,

wherein the following relations are established:

Ac/At× 100=30 to 45; and

P/L× 100=200 to 325,

wherein a total cross-sectional area of the tube main body (including the refrigerant passage portions) is “At”; a total cross-sectional area of the refrigerant flow passages is “Ac”; an external peripheral length of the tube main body is “L”; and a total internal peripheral length of the refrigerant passages is “P”,

wherein the relation of H=0.5 to 1.5 mm is established, wherein a height of the tube main body is “H”, and

wherein the relation of W=10 to 20 mm is established, wherein a width of the tube main body is “W”.

2. The heat exchanger tube as recited in claim 1 , wherein Ac/At×100 is set to be 35 or more but 40 or less and P/L×100 is 250 or more.

3. The heat exchanger tube as recited in claim 1 , wherein the relation of ⅝<N/W is established, wherein the number of the refrigerant flow passages is “N” and a width of the tube is “W”.

4. The heat exchanger tube as recited in claim 1 , wherein the relation of Tb×⅛<Ta<Tb×⅔ is established, wherein a thickness of a partition wall between the adjacent refrigerant flow passages in the tube main body is “Ta”; and a thickness of an external peripheral wall of the tube main body “Tb”.

5. A heat exchanger including a pair of headers disposed in parallel and a plurality of flat tubes with opposite ends thereof communicated with the headers,

wherein refrigerant introduced via a refrigerant inlet of the header passes through the flat tubes while exchanging heat and flows out of a refrigerant outlet of the header, wherein the flat tube has a flat tube main body having a predetermined length and a plurality of refrigerant passages each extending in a tube longitudinal direction and arranged in parallel in a tube widthwise direction, and wherein the relations of Ac/At×100=30 to 45 and P/L×100=200 to 325 are established,

wherein a total cross-sectional area of the tube main body (including the refrigerant flow passages) is “At”; a total cross-sectional area of the refrigerant flow passages is “Ac”; an external peripheral length of the tube main body is “L”; and a total peripheral length of the refrigerant flow passages is “P”,

wherein the relation of H=0.5 to 1.5 mm is established, wherein a height of the tube main body is “H”, and

wherein the relation of W=10 to 20 mm is established, wherein a width of the tube main body is “W”.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT APPL. NO. 13/064,689 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 028982 FRAME: 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 20, 2017
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044244/0524 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY'S ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 028982 FRAME: 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 8, 2016
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040850/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2012
From: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
To: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028982/0429 →
CORRECTIVE ASSINGMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE THIRD ASSIGNOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 014643 FRAME 0102 Recorded Jun 10, 2004
From: NISHIKAWA, NAOKI; TAKE, KOICHIRO; OGASAWARA, NOBORU
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 015455/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2003
From: NISHIKAWA, NAOKI; TAKE, KOICHIRO; OGASAWARA, NOBURO
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 014643/0102 →