Heat exchanger
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsShota Chatani, Hiroshi Hamada, Mitsugu Nakamura, Tomohiko Nakamura, Ichio Kamei
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged side by side, and a tank connected to ends of the tubes. The heat exchanger performs heat exchange between a first fluid flowing inside the tubes and a second fluid flowing outside the tubes. The heat exchanger includes a closing member disposed inside the tank and partially closing an opening provided at an end of a predetermined tube that is at least one of the tubes. The predetermined tube has a protrusion formed at the end of the predetermined tube. The closing member has an avoiding structure that avoids interference between the protrusion and the closing member.
Claims9
A heat exchanger including tubes arranged side by side, and a tank connected to ends of the tubes, the heat exchanger performing heat exchange between a first fluid flowing inside the tubes and a second fluid flowing outside the tubes, the heat exchanger comprising
- a closing member that is a flat plate disposed inside the tank and partially closing an opening provided at an end of a predetermined tube that is at least one of the tubes, wherein
- the predetermined tube has a protrusion formed at the end of the predetermined tube,
- the closing member has an avoiding structure that avoids interference between the protrusion and the closing member,
- the avoiding structure is a groove or a through hole,
- the opening includes a first opening and a second opening arranged in an air flow direction, and
- the closing member covers an entire area of the first opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.