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Heat exchanger

US12247787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2021
Grant dateMar 11, 2025
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28D2021/0068
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat exchanger includes flat heat transfer tubes and a header, wherein the header includes a first partition member that separates an internal space of a main body unit into a refrigerant inflow portion and an upper portion, a second partition member that separates the upper portion into a connected portion connected to the flat heat transfer tubes and an opposite portion, and a third partition member that separates the opposite portion into a windward portion and a leeward portion a plurality of windward communication holes allowing communication between the windward portion and the connected portion and a plurality of leeward communication holes allowing communication between the leeward portion and the connected portion are arranged in the second partition member an adjustment channel that increases a flow rate of the windward communication holes as compared to a flow rate of the leeward communication holes is arranged inside the header.

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