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Aluminum heat exchangers and method for producing the same
Assignee: Sanden Corp
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Filing: 1984-08-27
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Granted: 1988-01-05
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Expires: 2004-08-27
Abstract
Abstract A serpentine-type aluminum heat exchanger comprising a serpentine-anfractuous flat tube of an aluminum alloy and a plurality of corrugated fin units made of an aluminum alloy having a high aluminum content of 99 wt. % or more, and joined to the flat tube by brazing metal coating layers fixed onto flat surfaces of parallel portions of the serpentine-anfractuous flat tube. The heat exchanger is produced by preparing the serpentine-anfractuous flat tube of an aluminum alloy, the corrugated fin units and foil plates of an aluminum alloy brazing filler metal, disposing the fin units in spaces between adjacent ones of parallel portions of the serpentine-anfractuous flat tube with foil plates being interposed between respective fin units and opposite parallel portions of the flat tube, and heating the flat tube, the fin units and foil plates in the assembled relation to the brazing temperature.
Inventors
- 👤 Hisao Aoki
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 21:28
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28F; F28F21/00; F28F21/08; F28F21/089; B; B23; B23K; B23K1/00; B23K1/19; B23K35/00; B23K35/22; B23K35/24; B23K35/28; B23K35/286; F28D; F28D1/00; F28D1/02; F28D1/04; F28D1/047; F28D1/0477; F28D1/0478; F28F21/081; F28F21/084; B23K2101/00; B23K2101/04; B23K2101/14; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S165/00; Y10S165/905
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
In an aluminum heat exchanger comprising a flat aluminum metal tube which is provided with at least one refrigerant passageway therein and having a serpentine-anfractuous shape in a longitudinal direction of the tube characterized by a plurality of parallel portions spaced apart from one another, each of said parallel portions having interposed therebetween a fin unit of aluminum metal of corrugated configuration, each of said fin units of corrugated shape being brazed to each of said parallel portions of said flat tube, the improvement wherein each of said fin units is made of a first aluminum alloy having a high aluminum content of at least 99 wt. %, the surface of each of said aluminum fin units being exposed and substantially free of brazing alloy, and wherein said flat tube is made of a second aluminum alloy which has a corrosion potential at least equal or more noble than the first aluminum alloy, only the surface of each of said parallel portions being covered by separate aluminum brazing alloy-sheet to thereby end braze each of said fin units onto said flat tube.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
In an aluminum heat exchanger comprising a flat aluminum metal tube which is provided with at least one refrigerant passageway therein and having a serpentine-anfractuous shape in a longitudinal direction of the tube characterized by a plurality of parallel portions spaced apart from one another, each of said parallel portions having interposed therebetween a fin unit of aluminum metal of corrugated configuration, each of said fin units of corrugated shape being brazed to each of said parallel portions of said flat tube, the improvement wherein each of said fin units is made of a first aluminum alloy having a high aluminum content of at least 99 wt. %, the surface of each of said aluminum fin units being exposed and substantially free of brazing alloy, and wherein said flat tube is made of a second aluminum alloy which has a corrosion potential at least equal or more noble than the first aluminum alloy, only the surface of each of said parallel portions being covered by separate aluminum brazing alloy-sheet to thereby end braze each of said fin units onto said flat tube.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The aluminum heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flat tube is made of a second aluminum alloy having a corrosion potential substantially equal to that of said first aluminum alloy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The aluminum heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flat tube is made of a second aluminum alloy having a corrosion potential nobler than that of said first aluminum alloy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The aluminum heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1 wherein said second aluminum alloy has a high aluminum content of 99 wt. % or more.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
The aluminum heat exchanger as claimed in claim 4, wherein said first and second aluminum alloys are an aluminum alloy comprising 0.25 wt. % or less Si, 0.40 wt. % or less Fe, 0.05 wt. % or less Cu, 0.05 wt. % or less Mn, 0.05 wt. % or less Mg, 0.05 wt. % or less Zn, 0.03 wt. % or less Ti and 99.50 wt. % or more Al.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The aluminum heat exchanger as claimed in claim 3, wherein said second aluminum alloy comprises 0.6 wt. % or less Si, 0.7 wt. % or less Fe, 0.05-0.20 wt. % Cu, 1.0-1.5 wt. % Mn, 0.10 wt. % or less Zn and the balance Al.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
The aluminum heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1, wherein said aluminum brazing metal layer is made of an aluminum alloy which comprises 0.3 wt. % or less Cu, 5-3 wt. % Si, 0.8 wt. % or less Fe, 0.15 wt. % or less Mn, up to 0.1 wt. % Mg, 0.2 wt. % or less Zn, and the balance substantially Al and wherein the second aluminum alloy contains at least 99% Al.
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