IP Library Granted Patent US 8,613,191
Granted Patent B2
US 8,613,191 · App. 13/096,399 · Granted Dec 24, 2013

Heat transfer arrangement, heat transfer device and manufacturing method

Inventors: Jörg Oesterle (Laichingen, DE); Anika Bürkle (Stuttgart, DE); Angela Hettel (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE); Ming Dong (Stuttgart, DE); Arnulf Spieth (Hochdorf, DE); Georg Wirth (Kirchheim/Teck, DE)
Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,613,191
App. No.
13/096,399
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an arrangement for the heat transfer between a tubular body suitable for conducting a fluid and a contact body that is in contact with said tubular body, wherein the contact body comprises a contact side facing the tubular body, with which the contact body is in contact with an outside of the tubular body facing the contact body, wherein in a tensioned state of the arrangement a preload force presses the contact body against the tubular body in a preload direction. A high heat transfer efficiency even over an operating temperature range can be achieved if the outside in an un-tensioned state of the arrangement is convexly curved towards the contact body, if the outside in the tensioned state is deformed relative to the un-tensioned state and bears against the contact side surface-to-surface, and if in the interior of the support body a support structure is arranged, which in the tensioned state supports itself on two inner sides of the tubular body located opposite each other in the preload direction.

Claims (39)

1. An arrangement for the heat transfer between a tubular body suitable for conducting a fluid and a contact body that is in contact with said tubular body,

wherein the contact body comprises a contact side facing the tubular body, with which the contact body with an outside facing the contact body is in contact with the tubular body,

wherein in a tensioned state of the arrangement a preload force presses the contact body against the tubular body in a preload direction,

wherein the outside in an un-tensioned state of the arrangement is convexly curved towards the contact body,

wherein the outside in the tensioned state is deformed relative to the un-tensioned state and bears surface-to-surface against the contact side,

wherein in the interior of the tubular body a support structure is arranged, which in the tensioned state supports itself on two inner sides of the tubular body located opposite each other in the preload direction.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact side in the un-tensioned state is flat in the cross section of the contact body.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact side and the outside in the tensioned state in the cross section of the body bear against each other surface-to-surface in one plane.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the support structure is formed of a more preferably wave-shaped or zig-zag-shaped or rectangularly folded or corrugated web material.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein an extension direction or longitudinal direction of the waves or pleats extends parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tubular body.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the support structure comprises at least one tube or is formed by such.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal direction of the tube runs parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tubular body.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the support structure is only fastened to one of the two inner sides.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the contact body is a thermoelectric generator.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein between the contact side and the outside a heat conductive layer is arranged.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the contact side and the outside comprises a heat conductive layer.

12. A heat transfer device for an exhaust system of a combustion engine, more preferably of a motor vehicle,

with at least one warm tube for conducting a heat-emitting fluid,

with at least one cold tube for conducting a heat-absorbing fluid,

with at least one thermoelectric generator for converting a temperature differential into electric voltage,

wherein the respective thermoelectric generator in each case is arranged between a cold tube and a warm tube and tensioned together with these,

wherein the respective thermoelectric generator is configured with at least one such tube as an arrangement for the heat transfer between a tubular body suitable for conducting a fluid and a contact body that is in contact with said tubular body,

wherein the contact body comprises a contact side facing the tubular body, with which the contact body with an outside facing the contact body is in contact with the tubular body,

wherein in a tensioned state of the arrangement a preload force presses the contact body against the tubular body in a preload direction,

wherein the outside in an un-tensioned state of the arrangement is convexly curved towards the contact body,

wherein the outside in the tensioned state is deformed relative to the un-tensioned state and bears surface-to-surface against the contact side,

wherein in the interior of the tubular body a support structure is arranged, which in the tensioned state supports itself on two inner sides of the tubular body located opposite each other in the preload direction,

wherein the tubular body of the arrangement is formed through the respective tube and the contact body of the arrangement is formed by the respective thermoelectric generator.

13. A method for producing an arrangement for the heat transfer between a tubular body suitable for conducting a fluid and a contact body that is in contact with said tubular body,

wherein the contact body comprises a contact side facing the tubular body, with which the contact body with an outside facing the contact body is in contact with the tubular body,

wherein in a tensioned state of the arrangement a preload force presses the contact body against the tubular body in a preload direction,

wherein the outside in an un-tensioned state of the arrangement is convexly curved towards the contact body,

wherein the outside in the tensioned state is deformed relative to the un-tensioned state and bears surface-to-surface against the contact side,

wherein in the interior of the tubular body a support structure is arranged, which in the tensioned state supports itself on two inner sides of the tubular body located opposite each other in the preload direction,

wherein the support structure is introduced in the respective tubular body,

wherein the respective tubular body is subsequently formed until its outside is convexly curved to the outside,

wherein subsequently the respective contact body is arranged on the tubular body,

wherein subsequently the arrangement of at least one tubular body and at least one contact body is tensioned together.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the forming of the respective tubular body is effected by means of internal high-pressure forming.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2022
From: EBERSPÄCHER EXHAUST TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
To: PUREM GMBH, FORMERLY, EBERSPÄCHER EXHAUST TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 061803/0772 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2013
From: EBERSPAECHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
To: EBERSPAECHER EXHAUST TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 030863/0804 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 12, 2013
From: J. EBERSPAECHER GMBH & CO. KG
To: EBERSPAECHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 030793/0323 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE CONVEYING PARTYS' NAMES ON THE ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026582 FRAME 0529. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF THE FULL & EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN AND TO THE INVENTION AND THE PATENT APPLICATIONS.. Recorded Jul 26, 2011
From: OESTERLE, JOERG; BUERKLE, ANIKA; HETTEL, ANGELA; DONG, MING; SPIETH, ARNULF; WIRTH, GEORG
To: J. EBERSPAECHER GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 026653/0812 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2011
From: OESTERLE, JORG; BURKLE, ANIKA; HETTEL, ANGELA; DONG, MING; SPIETH, ARNULF; WIRTH, GEORG
To: J. EBERSPAECHER GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 026582/0529 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2010 018 478 · Apr 28, 2010 · national
DE 10 2010 022 225 · May 20, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110265465A1 · Nov 3, 2011