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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151871 | Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1), in particular, a gas cooler for a vehicle air-conditioning unit, comprising several flat tubes (2) arranged in two or more parallel rows, a collector tube (6), with one or more longitudinal separati... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8091620 | Multi-channel flat-tube heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flattened, multi-channel heat exchange tubes of generally J-shape extending between an inlet header and an outlet header. Each heat exchange tube has a base bend that extends horizontally between the vertically extending rela... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8074708 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes tubes and a tank. The tubes extend in a first direction, and are stacked in a second direction. The tank has a tube insertion plate part, and is arranged at an end portion of the tubes. The tube insertion plate part has tube holes in which ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7971635 | Collecting tank and heat exchanger The invention relates to a plastic charge air tank or coolant tank (5) comprising at least one tie rod (10) that is integrated thereinto and is connected thereto as a single piece or in a fixed manner. The tie rod (10) is provided with at least ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7886811 | Evaporator and process for fabricating same An evaporator includes a refrigerant inlet header and a refrigerant outlet header arranged side by side in a front-rear direction, and a refrigerant circulating passage holding the headers in communication. The inlet and outlet headers are provided with caps forming... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7874349 | Heat exchanger tank A heat exchanger includes a pair of tanks, each of the tanks having a pair of baffles sealingly engaged to a center wall, a pair of sidewalls, and a cover to form a fluid tight seal therebetween and provide a closure to the tank, wherein each of the sidewalls includ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7798206 | Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same Each header tank includes a tank body and a header plate. The tank body includes a top wall, shorter side walls, and longer side walls. Each shorter side wall has joining portions integrally formed via rounded connection portions and extending along the inner surfac... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7775266 | Heat exchanger, especially for an intercooler A heat exchanger, especially an intercooler for a motor vehicle. The heat exchanger comprises a box, a chamber in which a flowing medium is distributed and/or accumulated, a bundle of tubes, tubes, a tube base, openings, a housing lid, two lateral walls, a stabilizi... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775265 | Side tank design A cooling system for a reciprocating engine includes a main cooling device and a side tank. The main cooling device includes at least one heat dissipation tube that contains an internal fluid for transporting excess heat developed by a reciprocating engine. The side... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7669645 | Heat exchanger This invention is structured by: forming a core body by turning-up a strip-shaped metal plate in fanfold manner to create a large number of flat flow passages; blocking the individual flow passages at both ends thereof using the respective comb teeth of a pai... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7607473 | Heat exchanger An evaporator has a header tank including a header forming plate with outward bulging portions, a tube connecting plate, and an intermediate plate. Tube insertion holes are formed in the tube connecting plate. Communication holes formed in the intermediate plate cau... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7600560 | Device for replacing heat and method for the production thereof A device which is used to replace heat, for a motor vehicle, includes at least one first collecting and/or distribution device for at least one fluidic medium. The collecting and/or distribution device is fluidically connected to a plurality of through-flow devices,... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7578340 | Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially a gas cooler for CO2, embodied as a cooling agent. The heat exchanger comprises at least one two-part collector unit made of a base and a cover. Said collector unit consists of flat pipes and at least two longitu... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7549465 | Heat exchangers based on non-circular tubes with tube-endplate interface for joining tubes of disparate cross-sections A heat exchanger (10) having at least one inlet tube (12) that ducts a heat exchange fluid (14). At least some of the inlet tubes (12) are characterized by a first cross-sectional profile (16). A core (18) is in fluid commun... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7500515 | Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger, including a first step of mounting an end part of flat tube to a header, assembling the flat tube and fins, and sealing a part where the header and the end part is attached, and a second step of increasin... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7469741 | Non-metallic laser welded intercooler system A non-metallic intercooler assembly includes an intake header tank, outlet header tank, and a multitude of non-metallic charge tubes which communicate airflow from the intake header tank to the outlet header tank. Several combinations of plastics parts are described... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7431074 | Radiator structure A radiator structure used with a hot fluid and cooling fluid having a carbon fiber tube. The carbon fiber tube includes a wall portion having an inner surface and an outer surface. A passageway through the tube is used to conduct hot fluids. A second tube of similar... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426958 | Header for heat exchanger A header for a heat exchanger includes a substantially planar base portion and a pair of step portions. The step portions are angled from the plane of the base portion. The header is also provided with a plurality of substantially parallel slots spaced apart along t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422054 | Heat exchanger assembly for a charge air cooler A heat exchanger assembly for an internal combustion engine charge air cooler is formed from a plurality of aluminum modules, each provided with longitudinal through bores and opposite outer face portions with toothed heat exchange fins positioned in face-to-face re... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418999 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a supercritical refrigerating cycle, comprising tubes 510 and tanks 520 which have plural hollow portions 520a and slots 521a for insertion of the ends of the tubes formed, wherein a sectional outline of... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413005 | Heat exchanger, especially charge air cooler for motor vehicles The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially a charge air cooler (5) for motor vehicles. Said heat exchanger comprises a heat exchange block which is constituted of flat tubes (6) having flat tube ends and ribs (7) and tube bottoms (... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413006 | Header plate for use in a heat exchanger A header plate (20) is provided for receiving the flattened tubes (14) of a heat exchanger. The header plate (20) includes a plurality of tube receiving openings (26), with each of the openings being surrounded by a flange or collar (2... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7389584 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle and a method for manufacturing same A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, particularly a motorcycle in which a bent cooling element is disposed between a first and second collector tank. The bent cooling element is provided with a longer and a shorter side as well as lateral connecting planes for join... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370691 | Heat exchanger and heating or air conditioning unit of a motor vehicle containing said heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger of a plate-type construction having first flow channels for a first medium, each formed by a pair of plates, and having corrugated ribs, around which a second medium flows, arranged between neighboring plate pairs. In order ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367387 | Tube plate for exhaust heat exchanger A tube plate for exhaust heat exchangers, with punched openings to hold the tube ends of a tube bundle, wherein the openings are arranged grid-like with a web width b, and each of the openings has a shear surface with a height h produced by punching, and a bevel of ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367203 | Refrigerant evaporator A refrigerant evaporator includes a tank constituted by a tank portion and a header plate. The tank portion includes refrigerant collecting portions for guiding the refrigerant passed through a first path to the ends of the tank in the right-and-left direction and r... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7352572 | Fire block module The fire block module includes a number of rectangular plate strips, arranged vertically and parallel to each other to form a grid layer. The grid layer is arranged horizontally in respect of the vertical direction of flame propagation occurring in the event of a fi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347064 | Evaporator An evaporator operated with the carbon dioxide gas, comprises at least a unit core including a plurality of heat transmission tubes having a path with a refrigerant flowing therein, a first tank connected to an end opening of the heat transmission tubes and formed w... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341098 | Heat exchanger and method of producing A heat exchanger including a collecting tank having an outwardly extending flange around an edge, a tube plate having a connection edge, tubes having ends extending into openings in the tube plate, and an intermediate plate having an edge lying against the connectio... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337832 | Heat exchanger An improved heat exchanger for an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The heat exchanger typically includes at least one end tank; and a plurality of spaced apart extruded metal tubes with fins between the spaced tubes. The heat exchanger may be single or multi-fluid. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331382 | Heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger manifold The present invention relates to a heat exchanger having a cooling core consisting of a plurality of parallel, heat exchanging tubes and two manifolds provided with slots, where the ends of heat exchanging tubes are inserted in fluid connection with each manifold an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320178 | Standoff for cold plate and cold plate made with the standoff A standoff for a cold plate and a cold plate using the standoff are characterized by a coil pack consisting of a plurality of individual fluid conveying tubes formed into a coil pack having a desired configuration and held in place by a plurality of retaining wires.... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320360 | One-shot brazed aftercooler with hollow beam reinforced mounting feature A heat exchanger assembly includes hollow reinforcing members that define openings for receiving supports therein. An end cap is disposed in each open end of cylindrical header tanks and each of the header tanks includes a tubeless length (X) extending inwardly a pr... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318470 | Device for exchanging heat The invention relates to a device for exchanging heat, particularly for use in motor vehicle air-conditioning systems, comprising at least one coolant, at least one coolant inlet (3), and at least one coolant outlet (4), which lead into at least one he... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318469 | Piping structure for refrigerant cycle system of vehicle Front side members as a platform member of a vehicle are provided in a vehicle body on a lower side of an engine compartment to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction. A piping arrangement portion such as a piping recess is provided in an inner wall of the front s... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303003 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger employed as an evaporator includes a heat exchange core section and first to fourth headers 5, 6, 9, 11. The headers 5, 6 include hollow header bodies 10, 20 having opposite ends opened, and caps 18a, 18b... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290597 | Heat exchanger An object of the present invention is to provide a specific relationship to be achieved by numerical values selected to sustain a desired level of coolant distributability as well as miniaturization and weight reduction for tanks in a heat exchanger adopting a struc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290594 | Intercooler An intercooler configured for attachment to an automobile is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes an intercooler body having an inlet manifold on one end and an outlet manifold on the other end, and a decorative top plate on the top of the intercooler... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290593 | Heat exchanger package with split charge air cooler A combined radiator and charge air cooler package comprises a radiator for cooling engine coolant, and a charge air cooler for cooling charge air having upper and lower portions. The upper charge air cooler portion is disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacen... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281572 | Heat exchanger comprising a connection flange that is joined to the manifold A heat exchanger having tubes and at least one collecting tube is used, especially for air conditioning units of motor vehicles. The heat exchanger has pipes, at least one manifold that communicates with the pipes, and at least one connection flange. The connection ... | 10/16/2007 |
