IP Library Granted Patent US 11,047,629
Granted Patent B2
US 11,047,629 · App. 16/343,589 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Fin-assembled tube manufacturing method and double tube manufacturing method

Inventor: Hiroyuki Oono (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Marelli Cabin Comfort Japan Corporation
F28F1/40B21D11/14B23P15/26F28D7/10B21C37/26
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Patent No.
US 11,047,629
App. No.
16/343,589
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method of manufacturing a fin-assembled tube by arranging a helical fin in an interior of a tube, a plate-shaped fin material is inserted into the interior of the tube and the helical fin is formed by twisting the fin material in the interior of the tube.

Claims (25)

1. A method of manufacturing a fin-assembled tube by arranging a helical fin in an interior of a tube, comprising:

a step of inserting a plate-shaped fin material into the interior of the tube; and

a step of forming the helical fin by twisting the fin material in the interior of the tube.

2. The method of manufacturing the fin-assembled tube according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the fin material is fixed to the tube, and in the step of forming the helical fin, the fin material is twisted by utilizing a portion fixed to the tube as a supporting point.

3. The method of manufacturing the fin-assembled tube according to claim 2 , further comprising:

inserting a core rod for supporting the fin material into the interior of the tube, and

in the step of forming the helical fin, the fin material is twisted by relatively moving the core rod and the tube in an axis direction of the tube while rotating the core rod and the tube relative to each other.

4. The method of manufacturing the fin-assembled tube according to claim 3 , wherein the tube is bent by inserting the core rod for supporting the fin material into the interior of the tube.

5. The method of manufacturing the fin-assembled tube according to claim 4 , wherein, in the step of forming the helical fin, the helical fin is formed by rotating the tube and the core rod relative to each other and by twisting the fin material by the core rod.

6. The method of manufacturing the fin-assembled tube according to claim 5 , wherein the core rod has a slit for receiving the fin material, and

in the step of forming the helical fin, the fin material is twisted, the fin material being pulled out of the slit as the core rod is moved relative to the tube in the axis direction of the tube while the core rod is rotated relative to the tube.

7. The method of manufacturing the fin-assembled tube according to claim 6 , wherein the core rod has:

a die portion brought into contact with an inner surface of the tube that has not been subjected to a bending process; and

a die tip-end portion projected such that a diameter is reduced from the die portion and so as to face an interior of a bent portion of the tube.

8. A method of manufacturing a double tube, comprising:

manufacturing the fin-assembled tube according to the method of claim 2 , wherein the fin-assembled tube is an inner tube;

providing an outer tube around the inner tube; and

bending the inner tube and the outer tube together by inserting a core rod for supporting the fin material only into an interior of the inner tube.

9. The method of manufacturing the double tube according to claim 8 , further comprising:

forming the helical fin by twisting the fin material by the core rod by rotating the inner tube and the core rod relative to each other.

10. The method of manufacturing the double tube according to claim 9 , wherein the core rod has a slit for supporting the fin material, and

as the fin material is twisted, the fin material is pulled out of the slit as the core rod and the inner tube are moved in an axis direction of the inner tube relative to each other while the core rod and the inner tube are rotated relative to each other.

11. The method of manufacturing the double tube according to claim 10 , wherein the core rod has:

a die portion brought into contact with an inner surface of the inner tube that has not been subjected to a bending process; and

a die tip-end portion projected such that a diameter is reduced from the die portion and so as to face an interior of a bent portion of the tube.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 22, 2022
From: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
To: HIGHLY MARELLI JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059216/0974 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054652 FRAME: 0751. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 14, 2021
From: MARELLI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054993/0747 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 15, 2020
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054648/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2020
From: MARELLI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054652/0751 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2019
From: OONO, HIROYUKI
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048939/0712 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2016-220484 · Nov 11, 2016 · national
JP JP2016-220485 · Nov 11, 2016 · national
JP JP2016-220492 · Nov 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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