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US 11,066,970 B2Granted
Tube-pin assembly for heat exchanger of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsDong Young Lee, Sung Il Yoon, Seok Ha
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Abstract
A tube-pin assembly for a heat exchanger of a vehicle includes a housing having an inlet into which exhaust gas flows; a plurality of tubes arranged inside the housing to provide a passage through which the exhaust gas flows; and cooling pins provided between the tubes to provide a coolant passage through which coolant flows, where a foamed metal made of a porous material is provided inside at least one of the tubes.
Claims10
A tube-pin assembly for a heat exchanger of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing having an inlet into which exhaust gas flows;
- a plurality of tubes arranged inside the housing to provide a passage through which the exhaust gas flows;
- and
- cooling pins provided between the tubes to provide a coolant passage through which coolant flows,
- wherein a foamed metal made of a porous material is provided inside at least one of the plurality of tubes, and
- wherein the plurality of tubes comprises:
- a first tube having the foamed metal provided therein;
- and
- a second tube comprising a tube region contacting the coolant and a cooling pin region of a bent structure provided in the tube region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.