IP Library Granted Patent US 12,422,201
Granted Patent B2
US 12,422,201 · App. 17/740,664 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Heat exchanger

Inventors: Kou Terai (Osaka, JP); Yutaka Shibata (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F28F9/028F28D9/0037F28F3/08F28F3/12
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Patent No.
US 12,422,201
App. No.
17/740,664
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchanger that heats or cools water with a fluid includes: a heat transfer portion that includes fluid flow paths through which a fluid flows, and water flow paths through which water flows and that are adjacent to the fluid flow paths; an upstream portion that forms an upstream space on an upstream side of the water flow paths; and a distributor disposed in the upstream space and that distributes water that flows into the upstream space from a water entering port to the water flow paths.

Claims (24)

1. A heat exchanger that heats or cools water with a fluid, the heat exchanger comprising:

a heat transfer portion that comprises:

fluid flow paths through which a fluid flows; and

water flow paths through which water flows and that are adjacent to the fluid flow paths;

an upstream portion that forms an upstream space on an upstream side of the water flow paths; and

a distributor plate disposed in the upstream space between the water flow paths and a water entering port and that distributes water that flows into the upstream space from the water entering port to the water flow paths, wherein

the distributor plate comprises:

an opposing portion that opposes the water entering port; and

a non-opposing portion that does not oppose the water entering port,

both of the opposing portion and the non-opposing portion are disposed in the upstream space,

the distributor plate has:

a first through hole in the opposing portion; and

a second through hole in the non-opposing portion, and

the first through hole is smaller than the second through hole.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a header portion that forms a header space and that causes water that has flowed in from the water entering port to be divided and to flow to the water flow paths, wherein

the distributor plate is disposed in the header space.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein

some of the water flow paths oppose the water entering port,

in the header space,

the water entering port is disposed on a first surface,

inlets of the water flow paths are disposed on a second surface, and

a ratio of a distance from the first surface to the distributor plate to a distance from the first surface to the second surface is greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than or equal to 0.8.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the water flow paths is less than or equal to 1 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2022
From: TERAI, KOU; SHIBATA, YUTAKA
To: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060008/0419 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-211987 · Nov 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020043049 · Nov 18, 2020
Related Publication 20220268532A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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