Described herein is a brazed heat exchanger comprising at least one header, manifold and/or tube structured to hold a coolant or refrigerant; said header, manifold, and/or tube component including a plurality of apertures; a plurality of substantially parallel fluid-carrying tubes each extending substantially perpendicular from one of said plurality of apertures in said header plate, manifold, and/or tube component and structured to receive said coolant or refrigerant therethrough; and a plurality of corrugated aluminium alloy fins being in thermal communication with said plurality of fluid-carrying tubes and structured to transfer heat away therefrom. The header, manifold, and/or tube component is made from an aluminium alloy sheet material comprising, in wt. %: Mn 1.4%-1.8%; Si up to 0.7%; Fe up to 0.7%; Mg up to 0.30%; Cu up to 0.10%; Cr up to 0.25%; Zr up to 0.25%; Zn up to 0.50%; Ti up to 0.2%; balance aluminium and inevitable impurities.

A heat exchanger includes a pipe made of aluminum, a thermistor, and an attaching portion with which the thermistor is attached to the pipe. The pipe carries a flow of refrigerant. The thermistor detects a temperature of the refrigerant. The pipe includes a sacrificial layer provided on a part of a surface of the pipe. The sacrificial layer is lower in potential than the aluminum of the pipe. The attaching portion is higher in potential than the sacrificial layer. At least one part of the attaching portion is attached to the surface of the pipe where the sacrificial layer is not provided. The attaching portion includes a brazed portion that is higher in potential than the sacrificial layer. The thermistor is attached to the pipe with the brazed portion.

A heat exchanger includes a first manifold, aa second manifold, at least one heat exchange tube segment extending between and fluidly coupling the first manifold and the second manifold, and a fin having a non-linear configuration. A portion of the fin is affixed to an adjacent surface of the at least one heat exchange tube segment via a braze joint. The braze joint has a length, measured parallel to a length of the at least one heat exchange tube segment, less than or equal to 650 micrometers.

A heat dissipation device includes a base plate and a plurality of fins arranged on the base plate. Each fin includes a fin body including a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet coupled to each other, wherein the fin body is curved and includes a first portion and a second portion transverse to the first portion, an evaporation channel defined in the first portion, one or more connecting channels disposed in the first portion and in fluid communication with the evaporation channel, a condensation channel defined in the second portion, and one or more auxiliary channels disposed in the second portion and in fluid communication with the one or more connecting channels and the condensation channel.

A heat transfer unit for a motor vehicle may include a metallic heat transfer block and a base plate. The heat transfer block may include channels that are configured to be flowed through. The base plate may include an outer region and a material bonding region. The base plate may be exposed towards the outside and may be materially bonded to the heat transfer block in the material bonding region. The base plate may be formed out of an aluminium, an aluminium alloy, or a wrought aluminium alloy. The outer region of the base plate may comprise a protective coating produced by anodising at least in regions, and the material bonding region of the base plate may not have a protective coating produced by anodising.

A heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat transfer tubes housed in a predetermined case, a connecting tube body for connecting the plurality of heat transfer tubes, a predetermined tube expansion portion provided on each heat transfer tube, a first peripheral wall portion provided on the tube expansion portion, and a second peripheral wall portion that is positioned on an end portion of the connecting tube body and fitted to the tube expansion portion, wherein the first and second peripheral wall portions have different sectional shapes and are fitted together in a partial contact state including predetermined contact and non-contact portions. According to this configuration, the heat transfer tubes can be fixed to a side wall portion of the case and the connecting tube body can be connected to the heat transfer tubes easily and appropriately.

In a mixed composition coating material for brazing, when a total mass of a solid material, an organic solvent, and water is defined as 100 mass %, the solid material are contained in an amount of 30 mass % or greater and 80 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, the organic solvent and the water is contained in a total amount of 20 mass % or greater and 70 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material, and the water is contained in an amount of 0.4 mass % or greater and 2.5 mass % or less with respect to the whole coating material.

A heat exchanger includes a duct, a core portion, and a caulking plate. The duct has an inlet and an outlet. The core portion is housed in the duct in a state where cooling plates and cooling fins are stacked in a stacking direction. The caulking plate has a frame shape corresponding to an opening shape of the inlet and the outlet and brazed to the inlet and the outlet. The caulking plate is interposed between the duct and a tank to fix the tank. A first joint between the duct and the core portion and a second joint between the duct and the caulking plate are distanced from each other in the stacking direction by a predetermined distance. The duct has a rib between the first joint and the second joint or at the second joint.

A method for forming a heat exchanger plate includes: securing a wave form metallic sheet to a heat exchanger plate substrate, the substrate comprising a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the securing of the wave form metallic sheet being to the first face; and removing peaks of the sheet.

A plate heat exchanger includes heat transfer plates each of which has openings at four corners thereof, and which are stacked together. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage through which first fluid flows and a second flow passage through which second fluid flows are alternately arranged, with an associated heat transfer plate interposed between the first and second flow passages. The openings at each of the four corners communicate with each other, thereby forming a first header and a second header, the first header allowing the first fluid to flow into and flow out of the first flow passage, the second header allowing the second fluid to flow into and flow out of the second flow passage.