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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113269 | Multi-channel heat exchanger A combustion gas furnace includes a plurality of primary heat exchangers for passage of combustion gases therethrough. A plurality of secondary heat exchangers receive the combustion gases from the primary heat exchanger. Each of the secondary heat exchangers includ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7784530 | Heat exchanger In manufacture of a heat exchanger, heat exchange tubes, fins, and header section bodies are arrange in an assembled condition. Projection pieces provided on caps of header sections are fitted into corresponding slits formed in side plates, thereby engaging end port... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775267 | Evaporator An evaporator 1 comprises a heat exchange core 10 comprising a plurality of tube groups 5 arranged in rows as spaced forwardly or rearwardly of the evaporator and each comprising a plurality of heat exchange tubes 4 arranged in parallel a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7726389 | Evaporator An evaporator includes a plurality of heat exchange tubes extending vertically and arranged in rows spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction. A drainage acceleration member extending vertically is disposed between the adjacent front and rear heat excha... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7708054 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger includes a heat exchange core including a plurality of heat exchange tubes, a refrigerant inlet header and a refrigerant outlet header arranged toward one end of each heat exchange tube, and a refrigerant inflow header and a refrigerant outflow head... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7650935 | Heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising tubes (2, 3) that can be flown through along a number of hydraulically parallel flow paths (2c, 2d) that are comprised of sections. ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7549466 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger 1 includes at least a plurality of tubes 2 and an upper tank 4 communicating with an upper end portion of a tube group formed by the tubes 2 so as to distribute coolant along the up/down direction. The coolant flows in th... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7481266 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger with tubes (1) and at least one end piece, which has a tube bottom that, in turn, has a bottom plate (8), a baffle plate (12) and a covering plate (16). ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7384539 | Optimized preheating of hydrogen/hydrocarbon feed streams An improved and simplified hydrocarbon processing system is provided which has a mixing section for mixing of hydrogen and hydrocarbon to form combined, two-phase streams, as well as an indirect heat exchange section having a plurality of double-pass shell-and-tube ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367388 | Evaporator for carbon dioxide air-conditioner A core includes heat-exchange tubes and radiation fins are alternately stacked on each other. The heat-exchange tubes define refrigerant passages. A header tank is connected to the heat-exchange tubes. A partition separates the header tank into first and second head... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7343966 | Stamped manifold for a heat exchanger and method for making same A stamped manifold for a heat exchanger includes a central portion having a plurality of mating tubular members for connection to tubes of a heat exchanger. The manifold includes a plurality of folds disposed between the mating tubular members to form a pair of chan... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328740 | Heat exchanger with beveled header A multiple-pass heat exchanger having opposing headers with beveled end walls, one header having nozzles on opposite sides of a separator wall for delivering heat exchange fluid at one temperature from one or more nozzles on one side of the separator wall, the heat ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7293604 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger is disclosed including a first tube, a second tube, a first inlet-connecting block, a first outlet-connecting block, a second inlet-connecting block, a second outlet-connecting block and a terminal connecting block. The first tube internally has a f... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7284595 | Heat exchanger for air conditioner A heat source fluid inlet pipe of a heat exchanger main body 150 comprises a rotation side inlet pipe 27 and a fixed side inlet pipe 23 that are integrated with the heat exchanger main body 150. A heat source fluid outlet pipe comprises a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7278472 | Internally mounted radial flow intercooler for a combustion air changer An improved combustion air charger, such as a turbocharger or a supercharger, includes a housing (10) having a rotary shaft (18) journalled therein. At least one compressor wheel (20,22) is located on the shaft (18). The housing (10 | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275394 | Heat exchanger having a distributer plate A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is provided, including top and bottom headers and a core extending therebetween. The top header includes a distributor plate extending along the longitudinal axis thereof to separate the top header into first and second chambers.... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273094 | Cooling fin unit A cooling fin unit includes a plurality of cooling fins and a heat guide pipe. Each of the cooling fins has a through hole at the main body thereof and the heat guide pipe passes through the through hole respectively. A recess part is provided to indent toward a sid... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273093 | Heat exchanger in particular an evaporator for a vehicle air-conditioning unit A device is provided for heat transfer and in particular an evaporator for an air conditioning system of motor vehicles having at least one header tank including at least two header chambers which are substantially defined by a base device and a top device. The top ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267163 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger comprises: flat tubes laminated on each other, an external fluid flowing in a space formed between the flat tubes arranged adjacent to each other; and fins interposed between the flat tubes, the fins being formed into a protruding and recessing shap... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267159 | Counterflow heat exchanger A countercurrent heat exchanger includes a pair of heat exchanger cores (1, 2) with multiple tubes (11, 21) and fins (12, 22) which are arranged alternatively and next to each other in its depth direction. One end sides of the tubes (11, 21 | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263848 | Heat pump system A heat pump is operable in a heating mode and a cooling mode and includes two identical heat exchangers. The heat exchangers alternate between operating as a condenser and an evaporator as the heat pump switches between the heating mode and the cooling mode. The hea... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264045 | Plate-type evaporator to suppress noise and maintain thermal performance A heat exchanger assembly including a plurality of pairs of plates disposed in series for fluid flow from a pass through one pair of plates to a pass through the next pair of plates. Each pair of plates includes a central rib to define a U-shaped passage having a fl... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7237807 | Pipe connecting structure for a heat exchanger A pipe connecting structure for a heat exchanger includes a header tank having a connect opening; a connector block having a passage configured to connect a pipe thereto; an adapter configured to connect the header tank and connector block to each other, the adapter... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234515 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle A heat exchanger, particularly a flat-tube heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, which includes two coolant boxes and a tube block with an inlet tube attached to one of the boxes and an outlet tube attached to another of the boxes, and wherein each tube extends at lea... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231966 | Evaporator for refrigerating cycle An evaporator for an air conditioning apparatus has an upper and a lower tanks and multiple tubes vertically extending and respectively connected to the tanks at upper and lower ends. A fluid passage portion is formed in the lower tank. Multiple drainage recesses ar... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222663 | Evaporator and vehicle provided with refrigeration cycle having the same An evaporator having front and rear heat exchange assemblies arranged at air inlet and outlet sides, respectively, and adjacent to each other. Each heat exchange assembly includes a pair of upper and lower headers, and multiple refrigerant channels each having upper... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219717 | Evaporator and Refrigeration cycle An evaporator including an evaporator core having a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet in one side portion thereof, and a connecting member joined to the side portion of the core and having in its interior a refrigerant inlet channel and a refrigerant outlet... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219511 | Evaporator having heat exchanging parts juxtaposed An evaporator includes a downwind-side heat exchanging part and an upwind-side heat exchanging part. In the heat exchanging part, paths are formed by partitions. In the evaporator, the flowing direction of coolant flowing in the upwind-side path is opposite to the f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7195060 | Stacked-tube heat exchanger A headerless heat exchanger has a core comprised of a stack of flat tubes of rectangular cross section through which a first heat exchange fluid passes. The tubes are expanded in height at their end portions to provide spaces between adjacent plate pairs for passage... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191769 | Internal combustion engine having two-stage exhaust-driven supercharger and charge air cooling between low pressure and high pressure compressors An internal combustion engine with a 2-stage charge loading includes a connection conduit with a supercharger intercooler provided between the compressors of the low pressure stage and high pressure stage. The supercharger intercooler is configured via a cooling uni... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185698 | Thermal shield for heat exchangers An improved heat exchanger that reduces the thermal stress in components thereof especially tube plates or tube sheets so as to enable greater temperature differences across adjacent components while reducing the temperature gradient and thus extending the life of t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178579 | 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... | 02/20/2007 |
