IP Library Granted Patent US 10,207,376
Granted Patent B2
US 10,207,376 · App. 14/912,807 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Heat exchanger

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,207,376
App. No.
14/912,807
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An oil cooler has a core portion ( 1 ) formed of stacked core plates ( 5 ), a bottom plate ( 2 ), a second bottom plate ( 3 ) and a top plate ( 4 ), and these are brazed in a furnace. The core plate ( 5 ) has oil communication ports ( 13 ), cooling water communication ports ( 14 ) and an oil outlet port ( 15 ). The lower end core plate ( 5 ) has a boss portion ( 16 ) surrounding the cooling water communication port ( 14 ) and a boss portion ( 17 ) surrounding the oil outlet port ( 15 ). Opening portions ( 32, 33 ) opposite to the boss portions ( 16, 17 ) are formed through the bottom plate ( 2 ). Therefore, at the time of the brazing, a melted brazing material is not excessively gathered in the boss portion ( 16, 17 ) because the melted brazing material is absorbed in the opening portions ( 32, 33 ).

Claims (11)

1. A heat exchanger, comprising:

a core portion formed of stacked core plates, and brazed on a bottom plate that is relatively thicker than each of the core plates; and

a boss portion equipped on a part of a lower end core plate joined to the bottom plate, the boss portion being away from a reference surface of a joint therebetween,

wherein a space portion comprising an opening portion is provided at a position of the bottom plate that is opposite to the boss portion, and

wherein an outer peripheral edge of the space portion is formed into a wavy shape that changes repeatedly to have a projection portion projecting to an inner peripheral side and a concave portion set back toward an outer peripheral side.

2. A heat exchanger, comprising:

a core portion formed of stacked core plates, and brazed on a bottom plate that is relatively thicker than each of the core plates; and

a boss portion equipped on a part of a lower end core plate joined to the bottom plate, the boss portion being away from a reference surface of a joint therebetween,

wherein a space portion comprising an opening portion is provided at a position of the bottom plate that is opposite to the boss portion,

wherein an outer peripheral edge of the space portion is formed into a wavy shape that changes repeatedly to have a projection portion projecting to an inner peripheral side and a concave portion set back toward an outer peripheral side of the space portion, and

wherein a circumscribed circle circumscribed on outer peripheral side vertices of the concave portion set back toward the outer peripheral side is positioned at an outer peripheral side of a projection surface of the boss portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2023
From: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
To: MAHLE JAPAN LTD
Reel/Frame 062609/0769 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2016
From: WAKAMATSU, SHOZO; ARIYAMA, MASAHIRO; WADA, KENJI
To: MAHLE FILTER SYSTEMS JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037792/0913 →