A process for manufacturing a cast metal heat exchanger housing (12) for a vehicle heater having a pot-shape housing wall (14) extending in a direction of a housing longitudinal axis (L) and having a plurality of heat transfer ribs (22) extending on an outer side of the housing wall (14) in the area of a circumferential wall (16) and in the area of a bottom wall (18) of the housing wall (14) in the direction of the housing longitudinal axis (L). The process includes metal casting wherein a sprue cross-sectional area including at least some of the heat transfer ribs (22). The cast metal heat exchanger housing has an axial end face formed upon cutting off metallic material that is essentially at right angles to the housing longitudinal axis and extends into an area of at least some of the heat transfer ribs.

A fin, comprising: multiple fin subunits arranged in multiple rows, the fin subunits in two adjacent rows being arranged in an offset fashion. Each of the fin subunits comprises: a first direction center line and a second direction center line perpendicular to the first direction center line; a hole located at a central part of the fin subunit; four fenestrated zones, with two adjacent fenestrated zones in the four fenestrated zones being arranged as mirror images of each other, centered at the first or second direction center line therebetween; a flat zone comprising a hole periphery flat zone, the hole periphery flat zone being disposed between the hole and each fenestrated zone; each fenestrated zone comprises first, second, third and fourth boundaries, wherein the first boundary is located at that side of each fenestrated zone which faces the hole, the second boundary is located at that side of each fenestrated zone which faces away from the hole, and the third and fourth boundaries extend in a direction parallel to the first direction center line; the first boundary forms a demarcation line between the hole periphery flat zone and each fenestrated zone, and at least a portion of the first boundary is an elliptical arc or a circular arc that is not concentric with the circle center of the hole.

In a corrugated fin type heat exchanger a flat tube can be replaced, to improve heat exchange performance thereof. A characteristic part of the heat exchanger lies in a projection having been formed on the ascending surface and the descending surface of the corrugated fin of respective tube elements.

A heat exchanger to which a fan supplies air includes a plurality of flat tubes extending in a first direction, a corrugated fin connected to the flat tubes and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of plate fins connected to at least one of a windward end and a leeward end of the corrugated fin and extending in a third direction intersecting the second direction. This configuration achieves improvement in heat exchange performance.

Various implementations described herein relate to a heat sink having a base and a plurality of fins extending from the base. Each of the plurality of fins is spaced apart from other ones of the plurality of fins. The plurality of fins includes first fins and second fins. Each of the first fins is perpendicular to any of the second fins.

A heat exchanger includes a body defining a flow channel, and a pin extending across the flow channel, the pin including an at least partially non-cylindrical shape. The pin can be a double helix pin including two spiral branches defining a double helix shape. The two branches can include a uniform winding radius. The two branches include a non-uniform winding radius.

The non-uniform winding radius can include a base radius and a midpoint radius, wherein the midpoint radius is smaller than the base radius. The two branches can be joined together by one or more cross-members.

A plate-type heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer plates stacked on top of each other, a flow passage, formed by each space between the plurality of heat transfer plates, through which a fluid flows in a first direction; an inner fin disposed in the flow passage, a first projecting portion provided on an inflow side of each of the heat transfer plates and configured to prevent the fluid from flowing into gaps between both ends of the inner fin in a second direction and both ends of the heat transfer plate in the second direction, and a second projecting portion formed on an outflow side of each of the heat transfer plates and configured to perform positioning in placing the inner fin into the heat transfer plate. The first direction is a direction of flow of the fluid through the flow passage.

A cooling device includes a heat dissipator and a liquid cooling jacket. The heat dissipator includes a plate-shaped base portion that extends in a first direction along a direction where a refrigerant flows and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and has a thickness in a third direction, a fin that protrudes from the base portion to one side in the third direction, and a top plate portion provided to an end of the fin. The liquid cooling jacket includes a top surface located on one side of the top plate portion with a gap between the top surface and the top plate portion. Top surface recesses recessed from the top surface toward one side and located side by side in the first direction.

A heatsink comprising a heat exchange device having a plurality of heat exchange elements each having a surface boundary with respect to a heat transfer fluid, having successive elements or regions having varying size scales. According to one embodiment, an accumulation of dust or particles on a surface of the heatsink is reduced by a removal mechanism. The mechanism can be thermal pyrolysis, vibration, blowing, etc. In the case of vibration, adverse effects on the system to be cooled may be minimized by an active or passive vibration suppression system.

A heat transfer fin includes a fin body and a plurality of through-holes formed through the fin body and spaced apart from each other in a first direction. When a flow direction of combustion gas that is to flow along a surface of the fin body is referred to as a second direction, the fin body includes a distal surrounding part that surrounds a first distal area located at the farthest upstream side of each of the through-holes. The shortest distance between an inner and an outer boundary of the distal surrounding part that is obtained in an area of the distal surrounding part located at the farthest upstream side is smaller than the shortest distance between the inner and the outer boundary that is obtained in an area of the distal surrounding part located at the farthest downstream side.