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US 12,504,239 B2Granted
Heat exchanger core layer
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsTomasz Męczkowski, Hubert Siudziński
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Abstract
A pin for a core layer of a heat exchanger, the pin extending from a first pin end to a second pin end and having an outer surface between the first and second pin ends, wherein the pin comprises a plurality of surface features protruding from the outer surface.
Claims9
A layer for a heat exchanger, the layer comprising:
- an inlet;
- an outlet;
- an upper sheet;
- a lower sheet;
- a fluid flowpath defined between the upper sheet and lower sheet and from the inlet to the outlet;
- and
- a plurality of pins disposed in the flowpath and connecting the upper sheet to the lower sheet, wherein each pin includes having a first and a second end and an outer surface between the first and second ends, and wherein a plurality of surface features are provided on and protruding from the outer surface;
- wherein the layer defines an inflow path from the inlet, and an outflow path to the outlet, the inflow path and the outflow path being separated in the layer by a separation bar, the inflow path and the outflow path each having a plurality of said pins, the layer further comprising a plurality of turning vanes to turn the direction of flow from the inflow path by substantially 180 degrees to the outflow path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.