IP Library Granted Patent US 9,464,850
Granted Patent B2
US 9,464,850 · App. 13/979,511 · Granted Oct 11, 2016

Heat exchanger

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Patent No.
US 9,464,850
App. No.
13/979,511
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchanger includes a single refrigerant pipe ( 44 ) for introducing a refrigerant into a receiver tank ( 14 ) from a condenser header part ( 20, 26 ), and a mounting member ( 40 ) for mounting the receiver tank to a core ( 10 ). The mounting member has a refrigerant inlet passage ( 56 ) connecting the refrigerant pipe to the interior of the receiver tank, and a refrigerant outlet passage ( 58 ) connecting the interior of the receiver tank to a sub-cooler header part ( 22, 28 ).

Claims (10)

1. A heat exchanger which includes a heat exchanger core constituted by a condenser section configured to condense a refrigerant and a sub-cooler section configured to supercool the refrigerant of liquid phase obtained by passing the refrigerant from the condenser section to a receiver tank so as to subject the refrigerant to gas-liquid separation, and in which an upper header tank and a lower header tank are connected to each other by a plurality of vertically extending tubes and each have an interior divided by a partition plate into a condenser header part associated with the condenser section and a sub-cooler header part associated with the sub-cooler section, the heat exchanger comprising:

a single refrigerant pipe configured to introduce the refrigerant into the receiver tank from the condenser header part; and

a mounting member configured to mount the receiver tank to the upper header tank,

wherein

the mounting member has a refrigerant inlet passage connecting the refrigerant pipe to an interior of the receiver tank and a refrigerant outlet passage connecting the interior of the receiver tank to the sub-cooler header part,

a location of a junction where the refrigerant pipe is connected to the condenser header part is adjustable, and

a position of the partition plates of the header tanks is adjustable.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member covers an upper end portion of the receiver tank.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein the mounting member covers a horizontal end portion of the sub-cooler header part.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 3 , wherein the mounting member has a retainer provided in the inlet passage and configured to prevent detachment of the refrigerant pipe.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 22, 2022
From: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061296/0529 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN PATENT NOS. 6129293, 7574813, 8238525, 8083454, D545888, D467946, D573242, D487173, AND REMOVE 8750534 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 047208 FRAME 0635. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Apr 27, 2020
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053545/0524 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038489 FRAME: 0677. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 9, 2018
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047208/0635 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2016
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038489/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2013
From: IINO, YUSUKE; MATSUMOTO, YUUICHI
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030788/0106 →