Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of manufacturing a heat exchanger
- Patent Title (中): 制造热交换器的方法
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Application No.: US14096203Application Date: 2013-12-04
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Publication No.: US09566672B2Publication Date: 2017-02-14
- Inventor: Juhyok Kim , Hongseong Kim , Hanchoon Lee , Sangyeul Lee
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Ked & Associates LLP
- Priority: KR10-2012-0142452 20121210
- Main IPC: B21D53/08
- IPC: B21D53/08 ; B23P15/26 ; F28F1/30 ; B23K1/00 ; B21D19/08 ; B21D53/02

Abstract:
A heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. With the method, a tube may be inserted into a through hole formed in at least one fin coated with a filler metal, and the tube and a fin collar of the at least one fin may be joined through the filler metal by a brazing processing. A flange may not be formed on or at a top of the at least one fin collar, which protrudes vertically from a central longitudinal plane of the at least one fin. The tube may be made of aluminum (Al), and an interval between an outer circumferential surface of the tube and an inner circumferential surface of the fin collar of the at least one fin may be approximately 0.1 mm or less. Accordingly, contact resistance occurring when fabricating a fin-tube heat exchanger using a mechanical tube expansion method may be reduced, and heat transfer performance of the heat exchanger may be improved because grooves formed within the tube may not be deformed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140158333A1 HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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