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Stacking-type header, heat exchanger, and air-conditioning apparatus

US9976820B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2013
Grant dateMay 22, 2018
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28D2021/0071
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A stacking-type header according to the present invention includes: a first plate-shaped unit; and a second plate-shaped unit, in which the first plate-shaped unit or the second plate-shaped unit comprises at least one plate-shaped member having formed therein: a flow passage formed in the first plate-shaped member through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the plurality of first inlet flow passages; and a flow passage formed in the second plate-shaped member through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the second inlet flow passage, and in which the at least one plate-shaped member has a through portion or a concave portion formed in at least a part of a region between the flow passage through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the plurality of first inlet flow passages and the flow passage through which the refrigerant passes to flow into the second inlet flow passage.

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