Patent · US Expired

Serpentine heat exchanger

US6705386B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Behr GmbH & Co. Stuttgart · DE

Inventors

Walter Demuth · Gerlingen, DE
Martin Kotsch · Ludwigsburg, DE
Hans-Joachim Krauss · Stuttgart, DE
Hagan Mittelstrass · Nagold, DE
Harald Raiser · Balingen, DE
Michael Sickelmann · Stuttgart, DE
Karl-Heinz Staffa · Stuttgart, DE
Christoph Walter · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2001
Grant date	Mar 16, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF28D2021/0073
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a serpentine heat exchanger having a first serpentine tube block (12a) comprising one or more adjacent first serpentine tube sections with parallel through-flow and a second serpentine tube block (12b) disposed behind the first and comprising one or more adjacent second serpentine tube sections with parallel through-flow. According to the invention, at least one of the second serpentine tube sections is connected in series for flow purposes via a diversion section (10, 11) to a first serpentine tube section lying adjacent thereto.

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