# US 10,502,504 B2 · Heat exchanger and coupling method of connecting part thereof

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- Number: US 10,502,504 B2
- Document ID: US10502504B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/634,036
- Filed: 2017-06-27
- Published: 2018-01-11
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-06
- Assignees: Hanon Systems
- Applicants: Hanon Systems
- Inventors: Sung Hong Shin; Sun An Jeong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502504B2

## CPC

- F28F 9/185: {with additional preformed parts}
- F28D 1/05366: {Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators}
- F28F 9/013: for tubes or tube-assemblies
- F28F 9/0243: {Header boxes having a circular cross-section}
- F28F 2275/045: with particular processing steps, e.g. by allowing displacement of parts during brazing or by using a reservoir for storing brazing material
- F28F 2275/122: by crimping, caulking or clinching
- F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16)
- F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general)

## Abstract

A heat exchanger in which a connecting part may be coupled to a header tank of the heat exchanger in the short term without using a separate coupling component before a brazing process is performed, and a coupling method of a connecting part thereof. The connecting part is coupled to a first header tank or a second header tank while surrounding a predetermined region of an outer peripheral surface of the first header tank or the second header tank, a region of the connecting part to which external force is locally applied being coupled to the first header tank or the second header tank while protruding together with the first header tank or the second header tank.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A heat exchanger comprising:
a first header tank and a second header tank spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and disposed in parallel with each other;
tubes having two ends respectively fixed to the first header tank and the second header tank and having a heat exchange medium flowing therein;
fins interposed between the tubes; and
a connecting part coupled to the first header tank or the second header tank
wherein the connecting part comprises:
a contact coupling part surrounding a predetermined region of the outer peripheral surface of the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled;
a component coupling part extending from a partial region of the contact coupling part in an outward direction relative to the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled, the component coupling part coupled to a separate component neighboring to the heat exchanger;
a flat part located at a partial region of the contact coupling part, the flat part having a thickness greater than a thickness of all remaining portions of the contact coupling part; and
a protrusion coupling part formed on a portion of the flat part and on a portion of the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled, the protrusion coupling part extending in a direction from an inner side of the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled toward an outer side of the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled, such that the portion of the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled and the portion of the flat part protrude together toward the outside of the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The heat exchanger of claim 1, wherein the protrusion coupling part has a reverse gradient formed at an outer edge of a region in which the first header tank or the second header tank protrudes toward the the outside of the first header tank or the second header tank to which the connecting part is coupled, such that the protrusion coupling part is coupled and fixed into a protruding region of the flat part.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A coupling method of the connecting part of the heat exchanger of claim 1, comprising:
a connecting part aligning step of disposing the connecting part at a portion that is to be coupled to the first header tank or the second header tank;
a punch aligning step of disposing a punch on a region at an inner surface of the first header tank or the second header tank coupled to the flat part, and disposing a die on an outer surface of the flat part at a position corresponding to the punch;
a pressing step of applying an external force to the connecting part by the punch to push the first header tank or the second header tank and the flat part into the die; and
a disassembling step of separating the punch and the die.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The coupling method of the connecting part of the heat exchanger of claim 3, wherein the die includes a hollow part having an inner edge region which is deeper than that of a central region of the hollow part.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The coupling method of the connecting part of the heat exchanger of claim 3, wherein after the disassembling step, a brazing process is performed, such that the connecting part is brazed-coupled to the first header tank or the second header tank.