IP Library Granted Patent US 10,955,198
Granted Patent B2
US 10,955,198 · App. 16/343,623 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Fin-assembled tube

Inventor: Hiroyuki Oono (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Marelli Cabin Comfort Japan Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,955,198
App. No.
16/343,623
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fin-assembled tube includes a helical fin arranged in an interior of a tube, wherein the tube has: a straight tube portion the center line of which extends in a substantially straight line; and a bent portion the center line of which is curved, and the helical fin is formed such that a helical pitch in an axial direction is longer in a portion positioned in the bent portion relative to the helical pitch in a portion positioned in the straight tube portion, the helical pitch being a pitch of a plate-shaped fin material twisted by a certain angle about the center line.

Claims (14)

1. A fin-assembled tube comprising a helical fin arranged in an interior of a tube, wherein the tube includes:

a straight tube portion, a center line of which extends in a substantially straight line; and

a bent portion, the center line of which is curved, wherein

the helical fin is formed by being twisted into a helical shape in an interior of the straight tube portion and in an interior of the bent portion with respect to the tube, the helical fin being formed such that a first helical pitch in an axial direction is longer in a first portion positioned in the bent portion relative to a second helical pitch in a second portion positioned in the straight tube portion, and the first helical pitch and the second helical pitch being pitches of a plate-shaped fin material twisted by a certain angle about the center line, and

the helical fin interposed in the straight tub portion has a shorter helical pitch in a portion closer to the bent portion than in a portion away from the bent portion.

2. The fin-assembled tube according to claim 1 , wherein the bent portion is bent about a bending center axis, and

the helical fin extends such that the plate-shaped fin material is not perpendicular to the bending center axis in the bent portion.

3. A fin-assembled tube comprising a helical fin arranged in an interior of a tube, wherein the tube includes:

a straight tube portion, a center line of which extends in a substantially straight line; and

a bent portion, the center line of which is curved, wherein

the helical fin is formed by being twisted into a helical shape in an interior of the straight tube portion and in an interior of the bent portion with respect to the tube, the helical fin being formed such that a first helical pitch in an axial direction is longer in a first portion positioned in the bent portion relative to a second helical pitch in a second portion positioned in the straight tube portion, and the first helical pitch and the second helical pitch being pitches of a plate-shaped fin material twisted by a certain angle about the center line, and

the helical fin interposed in the straight tube portion has a longer helical pitch in a portion closer to the bent portion than in a portion away from the bent portion.

4. The fin-assembled tube according to claim 3 , wherein the bent portion is bent about a bending center axis, and

the helical fin extends such that the plate-shaped fin material is not perpendicular to the bending center axis in the bent portion.

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 048940/0538 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-220486 · Nov 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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