Plate heat exchanger and heat pump apparatus
US9448013B2 · kind B2 · utility
8Cited by
3References
11Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F2275/04
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plate heat exchanger includes a stack of a plurality of plates each having an inlet and an outlet for a fluid. Each adjacent two of the plates are bonded to each other at regions thereof where top parts of the wavy portion provided in a lower one of the plates and bottom parts of the wavy portion provided in an upper one of the plates overlap each other when seen in the stacking direction. Particularly, a top part included in the top parts of the wavy portion of the lower plate and being adjacent to each of the inlet and the outlet has a planar shape.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.