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US 10,371,450 B2Granted
Heat exchanger fixing structure of air conditioner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKwang-ho Choi
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Abstract
A heat exchanger fixing structure, for two or more heat exchangers bent in multiple layers, includes two or more plates respectively fixed to one ends of the two or more heat exchangers, wherein portions of the two or more plates may overlap each other, and the two or more heat exchangers are connected and fixed to each other by fastening a fastening member to the overlapping portions.
Claims12
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a plurality of heat exchangers layered in a multilayer arrangement;
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- a plurality of plates respectively fixed to respective ends of the plurality of heat exchangers,
- wherein portions of two of the plurality of plates overlap each other at overlapping portions,
- wherein the heat exchangers respectively fixed to the two of the plurality of plates are connected and fixed to each other by fastening a fastening member to the overlapping portions,
- wherein the overlapping portions are disposed between a plurality of through holes through which a plurality of hair pin pipes pass, respectively,
- wherein the plurality of heat exchangers include first to third heat exchangers,
- wherein the plurality of plates include first to third plates corresponding to the first to third heat exchangers, respectively,
- wherein the first plate includes a first base disposed in an end portion of the first heat exchanger and a first stopper integrally formed with the first base and being overlapped with the second plate,
- wherein the first stopper includes a plurality of first convex portions relative to an edge of the first base adjacent to the first stopper, and a plurality of first concave portions relative to the edge of the first base adjacent to the first stopper and having a plurality of open sides, respectively, some of the first convex portions including a first fastening hole for a fastening member,
- wherein a hair pin pipe of the second heat exchanger is disposed in the plurality of the first concave portions using the plurality of open sides of the plurality of first concave portions, and
- wherein the plurality of the first convex portions and the plurality of the first concave portions are disposed alternately.
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