An energy store of a motor vehicle may include at least one battery cell and a fluid channel having a temperature control fluid that may control a temperature of the at least one battery cell. The fluid channel may be defined by a fluid channel arrangement having two walls and a plurality of spacers arranged therebetween. The plurality of spacers may be configured for a needs-based temperature control of the at least one battery cell. The plurality of spacers may be arranged so that a coolant flow is conducted directly to a hot spot of the at least one battery cell. At least one of the two walls may comprise an organic sheet and may be connected, via glue or welding, to the plurality of spacers.

The present invention discloses a fin and a micro-channel heat exchanger. A retractable fin in a bending region of the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises a plurality of fin unit sections which are sequentially connected to form a corrugated structure, each fin unit section comprises a first straight section and an arc top section, and a retractable section which is deformed due to stretching/squeezing in a bending process of the micro-channel heat exchanger is provided between the first straight section and the arc top section. The retractable sections of the retractable fin are gradually straightened in the bending process of the micro-channel heat exchanger, included angles between the retractable sections and adjacent straight sections gradually become small, and this thereby ensures that the retractable fin in the bending region is not stretch-broken.

A chamber for absorbing condensate formed in a charge-air-cooler of a turbocharged engine system. The chamber may include desiccant to absorb the moisture. The chamber may also include a valve that is controlled by the vehicle control module to open to allow airflow to pass by the desiccant and absorb the moisture from the desiccant or to place in a closed position to allow the desiccant to absorb the condensate formed in the charge-air-cooler.

The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for a vehicle, in which a refrigerant is introduced into a first row heat exchanger and a second row heat exchanger and flows in opposite directions, thereby improving uniformity of temperature distribution.

A refrigerator includes a body, first and second storage compartments, first and second refrigerating units to cool the first and second storage compartments, and a heat exchanger to individually condense first and second refrigerants of the first and second refrigerating units and a second refrigerant of the second refrigerating unit. The heat exchanger includes first and second headers each having an opening formed in the outer wall, a tube inserted into the first and second headers through the openings, and a baffle disposed in the internal space of the first header so as to partition off the internal space of the first header. The tube includes a plurality of channels spaced apart from each other by a predetermined gap, and the baffle blocks at least one of the plurality of channels.

An improved heat exchanger having a pair of headers and at least one tube extending between and fluidly connecting the headers. A tubular structure for and defining in part each of the headers. The tubular structure being defined by a pair of body elements and having opposed longitudinal joints defined by overlapping portions of the body elements. One of the body elements overlaps the other of the body elements to define one of the joints and is overlapped by the other of the body elements to define the other of the joints.

Implementations of a tube, a baffle, and a baffle inserter are provided. In some implementations, the tube comprises one or more slots and a plurality of sidewalls that extend down from the outer surface of the tube into the tube on each elongated side of the slots. In some implementations, the baffle inserter comprises a baffle holder pivotably attached to a base at a first end where a portion of the base at the first end is slanted and a portion of the baffle holder is configured to rest on the slanted portion in a first position. In some implementations, to insert a baffle into the tube using the baffle inserter, the baffle is placed on the baffle holder in a first position and the baffle inserter is inserted inside the tube until the baffle contacts a stopper and pivots to a second position under a covered portion between two adjacent slots in the tube.

A heat exchanger that effectively distributes a refrigerant by varying the cross-sectional area of a header and an air conditioner having the same. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of refrigerant tubes disposed spaced apart from each other, a header joined to both ends of each of the refrigerant tubes, at least one baffle to divide the refrigerant tubes into a plurality of mutually adjacent groups and block a longitudinal flow of a refrigerant flowing in the header, each of the groups causing the refrigerant to flow in one direction, and a booster installed to vary a cross-sectional area of the header to uniformly distribute the refrigerant to refrigerant tubes in the same group among the refrigerant tubes. The booster to vary the cross-sectional area of the header may allow a refrigerant flowing through a header to be effectively distributed to the refrigerant tubes.

A combo-cooler includes heat exchangers having parallel tubes corresponding to each heat exchanger aligned in a tube plane. A first end tank assembly includes a columnar end tank separated by a baffle into compartments each in fluid communication with a respective hydraulically independent fluid circuit. The second tank assembly includes manifolds aligned in a column. Serially adjacent manifolds are in slidable contact or separated by a respective gap to allow relative translation. Banks of the tubes are brazed in fluid communication with a compartment and a manifold to connect the compartment and the manifold to have a respective fluid flow therethrough. A bracket contacts at least two of the serially adjacent manifolds to prevent translation between the bracket and the serially adjacent manifolds perpendicular to the tube plane and to allow relative translation between the at least two of the serially adjacent manifolds parallel to the tubes.

Implementations of a tube, a baffle, and a baffle inserter are provided. In some implementations, the tube comprises one or more slots and a plurality of sidewalls that extend down from the outer surface of the tube into the tube on each elongated side of the slots. In some implementations, the baffle inserter comprises a baffle holder pivotably attached to a base at a first end where a portion of the base at the first end is slanted and a portion of the baffle holder is configured to rest on the slanted portion in a first position. In some implementations, to insert a baffle into the tube using the baffle inserter, the baffle is placed on the baffle holder in a first position and the baffle inserter is inserted inside the tube until the baffle contacts a stopper and pivots to a second position under a covered portion between two adjacent slots in the tube.