IP Library Granted Patent US 7,938,172
Granted Patent B2
US 7,938,172 · App. 11/616,130 · Granted May 10, 2011

Heat exchanger

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Patent No.
US 7,938,172
App. No.
11/616,130
Granted
May 10, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchanger includes a pair of header tanks, a plurality of flat heat exchange tubes which are disposed between the two header tanks and whose opposite end portions are connected to the corresponding header tanks, and a plurality of corrugate fins each including wave crest portions, wave trough portions, and connection portions connecting together the corresponding wave crest portions and wave trough portions, and each disposed between the adjacent heat exchange tubes. Each connection portion has a plurality of louvers which extend in a width direction of the connection portion and are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the connection portion. The louver pitch is 0.4 mm to 0.8 mm. The inclination angle of the louvers in relation to the connection portion is 20° to 30°.

Claims (11)

1. A heater core comprising:

first and second header tanks spaced apart from each other;

a plurality of flat heat exchange tubes which are disposed between the first and second header tanks at predetermined intervals along a longitudinal direction of the header tanks with a width direction of the heat exchange tubes intersecting a longitudinal direction of the header tanks so as to coincide with an air flow direction, and opposite end portions of each heat exchange tube being connected to the first and second header tanks respectively; and

a plurality of corrugate fins each being disposed between respective adjacent heat exchange tubes, and each of the plurality of corrugate fins including wave crest portions, wave trough portions, and connection portions connecting together corresponding wave crest portions and wave trough portions, wherein each connection portion having a plurality of louvers which extend in a width direction of the connection portion and are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the connection portion,

wherein the pitch of the louvers formed on each connection portion of each corrugate fin is between 0.4 mm to 0.8 mm,

wherein an inclination angle of the louvers in relation to the connection portion is 20° to 30°,

a thickness of the corrugated fin is 0.02 to 0.1 mm, and

wherein the wave crest and wave trough portions of each corrugate fin each have a semicircular transverse cross section, and the following relation is satisfied:

Hf=D+ 2 R

where Hf represents a fin height of the corrugate fin, which is the direct distance between the wave crest portions and the wave trough portions, D represents the length of the louvers, and R represents the curvature radius of the wave crest and wave trough portions in the transverse cross section.

2. The heater core according to claim 1 , wherein the width of each heat exchange tube is between 24 mm to 30 mm, an inner height of the heat tube is 0.7 to 1.2 mm and the wall thickness of the heat exchange tube is 0.1 to 0.4 mm.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2022
From: MAHLE BEHR THERMAL SYSTEMS (JAPAN) COMPANY LIMITED
To: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 058956/0648 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: MAHLE BEHR THERMAL SYSTEMS (JAPAN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057889/0242 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2006
From: YABE, TAKASHI; SUDO, HIROYUKI; HIRAYAMA, TAKASHI
To: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
Reel/Frame 018676/0087 →