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Heat exchanger tube with ducts for counter current fluid flow
Assignee: Valeo Climatisation SA
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Filing: 1996-09-19
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Granted: 1998-06-09
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Expires: 2016-09-19
Abstract
Abstract A heat exchanger, in particular a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, has a plurality of tubes, each of which comprises a press-formed metal blank rolled on itself to form a casing defining two parallel ducts for flow of a fluid in counterflow mode between them. The ducts are separated by a longitudinal bulkhead, and the tube has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is arranged for connection to a header having two compartments. The second end of each individual tube is closed so as to obturate the two ducts, and at least two communication apertures are formed in the bulkhead in the vicinity of the second end.
Inventors
- 👤 Olivier Dion
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 12:06
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28D; F28D1/00; F28D1/02; F28D1/03; F28D1/0308; F28D1/035; F28D1/0391; F28F; F28F1/00; F28F1/02; F28F1/022; F28F9/00; F28F9/02; F28F9/04; F28F9/16; F28F9/18; F28F9/182
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A heat exchanger tube comprising a casing consisting of a press-formed metallic blank rolled on itself and defining two parallel ducts for counter-current flow of a fluid therein and a longitudinal separating bulkhead between the two ducts, the tube having a first end for connection to a fluid header, and a second end, wherein the casing defines means closing the said second end, obturating the said ducts, a plurality of communication apertures being formed in the bulkhead at selected locations in the region of the said second end, for passage of fluid from one said duct to the other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A heat exchanger tube comprising a casing consisting of a press-formed metallic blank rolled on itself and defining two parallel ducts for counter-current flow of a fluid therein and a longitudinal separating bulkhead between the two ducts, the tube having a first end for connection to a fluid header, and a second end, wherein the casing defines means closing the said second end, obturating the said ducts, a plurality of communication apertures being formed in the bulkhead at selected locations in the region of the said second end, for passage of fluid from one said duct to the other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat exchanger tube according to claim 1, wherein the material of the casing is deformed whereby to close the second end.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A heat exchanger tube according to claim 1, wherein the said communication apertures are generally rectangular.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A heat exchanger tube according to claim 1, wherein the casing has at least one flange bent into the interior of the tube so as to form the said bulkhead.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
A heat exchanger tube according to claim 1, wherein the casing has flanges, at least one of which defines the bulkhead and which is formed with projections at least partly defining the said communication apertures.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
105 words
A heat exchanger tube according to claim 1, wherein the blank has two opposed side edges, two marginal wall portions each containing a said side edge, and a further wall portion joined to each said marginal wall portion, the casing having a flat first major wall, a second flat major wall constituted by the said further wall portions joined together, with the said marginal wall portions being bent inwardly as flanges from the junction between the said further wall portions so as to constitute the separating bulkhead, and the tube further having two substantially semicircular minor walls joining the said first and second major walls.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A heat exchanger tube according to claim 1, further having two opposed lugs for fastening the tube to a header plate, the said lugs extending the first end portion of the tube.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
A heat exchanger comprising a fluid header having two longitudinal compartments, and a multiplicity of tubes according to claim 1 disposed parallel to each other and fixed to the header, with all of the said first ducts being open into one said compartment and all of the said second ducts being open into the other compartment, whereby to define a U-shaped flow path for fluid in two parallel masses of fluid between the two said compartments.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
A heat exchanger according to claim 8, further including corrugated spacers between the tubes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
10 words
A heat exchanger according to claim 8, assembled by brazing.
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