IP Library Granted Patent US 7,594,536
Granted Patent B2
US 7,594,536 · App. 10/530,057 · Granted Sep 29, 2009

EGR cooler

Assignees: Hino Motors, Ltd.; Sankyo Radiator Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,594,536
App. No.
10/530,057
Granted
Sep 29, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An EGR cooler including tubes and a shell enclosing the tubes. Cooling water is supplied into and discharged from the shell. Exhaust gas is guided from a diesel engine into the tubes for thermal exchange of the exhaust gas with the cooling water. A bypass flow path for guiding the cooling water is constituted within the shell so as to prevent stagnation of the cooling water in the shell.

Claims (24)

1. An EGR cooler comprising:

tubes;

a shell enclosing said tubes;

a cooling water inlet, attached to an end of the shell, to supply cooling water into said shell;

a cooling water outlet, attached to another end of the shell, to discharge the cooling water from said shell;

a guide, attached to said shell, to guide gas into said tubes for thermal exchange of said gas with said cooling water; and

a bypass conduit, arranged along an axis of and on a shell inner surface of said shell and positioned adjacent to the cooling water outlet, to guide the cooling water to a direction perpendicular to the flow of the cooling water through the inlet,

said bypass conduit including,

a bypass inlet formed at a position diametrically opposite to the cooling water inlet of the shell,

a bypass body extending axially of said shell through the bypass inlet, and

a bypass outlet extending via a bent portion into and positioned in the cooling water outlet.

2. A system comprising:

a diesel engine; and

an EGR cooler including

tubes,

a shell enclosing said tubes,

a cooling water inlet, attached to an end of the shell, to supply cooling water into said shell,

a cooling water outlet, attached to another end of the shell, to discharge the cooling water from said shell,

a guide, attached to said shell, to guide exhaust gas being guided from the diesel engine into said tubes for thermal exchange of said exhaust gas with said cooling water, and

a bypass conduit, arranged along an axis of and on a shell inner surface of said shell and positioned adjacent to the cooling water outlet, to guide the cooling water to a direction perpendicular to the flow of the cooling water through the inlet,

said bypass conduit including,

a bypass inlet formed at a position diametrically opposite to the cooling water inlet of the shell,

a bypass body extending axially of said shell through the bypass inlet, and

a bypass outlet extending via a bent portion into and positioned in the cooling water outlet.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTED COVER SHEET TO CORRECT 2ND ASSIGNEE'S NAME, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME017267/0133 (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST) Recorded Mar 28, 2006
From: SUGIHARA, HIROYUKI; TSUJITA, MAKOTO; YAMASHITA, YOJI; MIWA, NAOTO; HONMA, JUNJI
To: HINO MOTORS, LTD.; SANKYO RADIATOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017722/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2005
From: SUGIHARA, HIROYUKI; TSUJITA, MAKOTO; YAMASHITA, YOJI; MIWA, NAOTO; HONMA, JUNJI
To: HINO MOTORS LTD.; SANKYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017267/0133 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2002-289833 · Oct 2, 2002 · national
JP 2002-289834 · Oct 2, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060090880A1 · May 4, 2006