# US 10,502,118 B2 · Exhaust heat recovery device

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- Number: US 10,502,118 B2
- Document ID: US10502118B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/475,702
- Filed: 2017-03-31
- Published: 2017-10-12
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-11
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Toshio Murata; Tadashi Nakagawa; Kazunari Matsuura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502118B2

## CPC

- F01N 5/02: the devices using heat
- F01N 13/1855: {the connection being realised by using bolts, screws, rivets or the like}
- F01N 2240/02: a heat exchanger
- F01N 2410/00: By-passing, at least partially, exhaust from inlet to outlet of apparatus, to atmosphere or to other device
- Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies
- F01N: GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with gas exhaust of propulsion units in vehicles B60K13/00; combustion-air intake silencers specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines F02M35/00; protecting against, or damping, noise in general G10K11/16)
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

An exhaust heat recovery device includes: a first pipe through which exhaust gas from an engine flows; a second pipe that communicates with the first pipe and bypasses the first pipe; a heat recovery unit that is disposed at an interior of the second pipe, and that exchanges heat between the exhaust gas and cooling water that circulates at an interior of the heat recovery unit, and that recovers heat of the exhaust gas; and a heat transfer suppressing mechanism that is provided at a portion connecting the first pipe with the second pipe, and that suppresses transfer of heat from the first pipe to the second pipe.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An exhaust heat recovery device comprising:
a first pipe through which exhaust gas from an engine flows;
a second pipe that is branched-off from the first pipe and is open;
a heat recovery unit that has a header plate, and is mounted to an opening of the second pipe from the header plate side and closes-off the opening, and exchanges heat between the exhaust gas and cooling water that circulates at an interior of the heat recovery unit, and that recovers heat of the exhaust gas; and
a heat transfer suppressing mechanism that is provided at a portion connecting the second pipe with the heat recovery unit, and that suppresses transfer of heat from the second pipe to the heat recovery unit,
wherein the heat recovery unit has, at an outer peripheral portion thereof, a flow path through which cooling water passes, the flow path which cooling water circulating paths communicate with and are continuously connected to, the cooling water circulating paths being disposed in parallel to the first pipe, and
the heat transfer suppressing mechanism is structured to include an outer peripheral portion of the header plate that, together with an opening end portion of the second pipe, is welded to outer wall surfaces that structure the flow path, the header plate has a flange portion that extends toward an upstream side in a direction of mounting the heat recovery unit to the opening of the second pipe, the flange portion being formed integrally with the outer peripheral portion of the header plate along the entire periphery of the header plate, the flange portion contacting from an outer side of the outer wall surfaces and being structured so as to be placed on portions of the outer wall surfaces.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The exhaust heat recovery device of claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral portion of the header plate extends toward an upstream side in a direction of mounting the heat recovery unit to the opening of the second pipe.