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Heat exchanger
11512903 · 2022-11-29 · ·

A heat exchanger includes plural tubes, a first tank, and a second tank. Refrigerant flows in order of a first internal passage of the first tank, a first tube, the second tank, a second tube, and a second internal passage of the first tank. A channel forming portion is provided inside the second tank to form a refrigerant channel having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of an internal passage of the second tank in a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the second tank. The refrigerant channel is arranged so that a projection area of the refrigerant channel overlaps the tube when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the second tank.

Outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus and air-conditioning apparatus

An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat exchange body including a plurality of flat tubes that extend in a vertical direction and that are arranged in a horizontal direction with gaps therebetween. A plurality of the heat exchange bodies are arranged in a direction of air flow to form a heat exchanger. A first header, into which hot gas refrigerant flows from a refrigerant circuit, is provided below one of the plurality of the heat exchange bodies that is at a most upwind position.

Heat exchanger and air conditioner

A heat exchanger exchanges heat between refrigerant flowing inside and air flowing outside. The heat exchanger includes: an upstream-side flat tube; downstream-side flat tubes on a downstream side of the upstream-side flat tube in a direction of air flow; and a space formation member that defines a distribution space in which the refrigerant coming out of the upstream-side flat tube is distributed to the downstream-side flat tubes.

Heat exchanger for heat pump applications

A heat exchanger includes a first header and a second header. The second header has at least a first volume and a second volume. The second header additionally includes a bend region such that the second header has a non-linear configuration. A flow restricting element is arranged within the second header within the bend region. A plurality of heat exchange tubes is arranged in spaced parallel relationship and fluidly coupling the first header and second header.

Cooling device, cooling system, and control method of cooling system
11486659 · 2022-11-01 · ·

A cooling device includes a number of cooling tubes arranged in parallel such that a first cooling fluid and a second cooling fluid can flow in the cooling tubes. A tank communicates with the cooling tubes to allow the first cooling fluid or the second cooling fluid to flow through the cooling tubes. A diaphragm is located inside the tank to separate the tank into a first space allowing the first cooling fluid to flow therein and a second space allowing the second cooling fluid to flow therein. The diaphragm is coupled to the tank to be rectilinearly movable in a direction of an arrangement of the plurality of cooling tubes.

HEAT EXCHANGER

A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged side by side, and a tank connected to ends of the tubes. The heat exchanger performs heat exchange between a first fluid flowing inside the tubes and a second fluid flowing outside the tubes. The heat exchanger includes a closing member disposed inside the tank and partially closing an opening provided at an end of a predetermined tube that is at least one of the tubes. The predetermined tube has a protrusion formed at the end of the predetermined tube. The closing member has an avoiding structure that avoids interference between the protrusion and the closing member.

Header-tank assembly
11609050 · 2023-03-21 · ·

A tank for a heat exchanger is provided. The tank includes a foot portion, an internal wall, a sealing member and at least one first coupling member. The internal wall is formed along the foot portion at a first end of the foot portion. Further, the sealing member is disposed on the foot portion along an outer circumference of the internal wall to provide a fluid-tight sealing between the tank and a header, when the tank is placed on the header. The at least one first coupling member is provided on the foot portion, adjacent to the sealing member, to couple with the header.

Integrated Radiator
20230160639 · 2023-05-25 ·

An embodiment integrated radiator includes an upper section including an upper tube, a first upper tank, a first upper header, a second upper tank, and a second upper header, wherein the upper tube is configured to pass an upper-side coolant therethrough, a lower section including a lower tube, a first lower tank, a first lower header, a second lower tank, and a second lower header, wherein the lower tube is configured to pass a lower-side coolant therethrough, and a middle section disposed between the upper section and the lower section, the middle section including a middle tube, a first middle tank, a first middle header, a second middle tank, and a second middle header, wherein the middle tube is configured to receive a cooling medium therein.

Liquid-cooling radiator module

A liquid-cooling radiator module includes a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a heat dissipation stacked structure, a radiator inlet and a radiator outlet. The first reservoir includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The second reservoir includes a third chamber and a fourth chamber. A fin tube layer of the heat dissipation stacked structure is sandwiched between the first reservoir and the second reservoir. The radiator inlet is connected to the first reservoir and the first chamber. The radiator outlet is connected to the second reservoir and the fourth chamber. A part of fin tubes of the fin tube layer communicates with the first chamber and the third chamber, another part of the fin tubes communicates with the third chamber and the second chamber, and one another part of the fin tubes communicates with the second chamber and the fourth chamber.

WATER-COOLING HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE
20230194177 · 2023-06-22 ·

A water-cooling heat dissipation device includes a water-cooling radiator. The water-cooling radiator includes a radiating pipe unit, a water outlet reservoir, and a water inlet reservoir. The water-cooling radiator is provided with a first water pump and a second water pump. Each water pump is configured to pump cold water in a corresponding water outlet chamber to a corresponding water-cooling block to exchange heat and become hot water, hot water flows back to a corresponding water inlet chamber and flows into the corresponding radiating pipe unit to be cooled by radiating fins, and then cold water flows into the corresponding water outlet chamber.