Heat exchanger
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsJakub Zborowski, Grzegorz Puchala
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Abstract
A heat exchanger is described herein. Specifically, the heat exchanger contains plates configured to pass a heat transfer fluid therethrough. The plates are interconnected via features that are integrated into the plates. The heat exchanger also contains frames that are connected to the plates and configured to guide electrical components along an insertion axis such that heat generating surfaces of the electrical components are in contact with the plates on insertion. The heat exchanger is thereby configured to allow for reliable heat dissipation for a plurality of electrical components within a small space while allowing the electrical components to be easily installed and serviced.
Claims19
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a top plate;
- a bottom plate disposed parallel to the top plate and offset from the top plate along a stack axis;
- and
- a plurality of frames connected to respective ends of the top plate and the bottom plate, the frames comprising frame guides configured to guide one or more electrical components as they are inserted along an insertion axis such that each of the electrical components are in contact with a respective surface of either the top plate or the bottom plate once inserted, wherein:
- the top plate includes:
- a top plate manifold configured to:
- provide a heat transfer fluid out of or into the heat exchanger;
- provide the heat transfer fluid out of or into a top plate cavity;
- mate with a bottom plate port of the bottom plate of the heat exchanger;
- and
- provide the heat transfer fluid out of or into the bottom plate port;
- a top plate port configured to:
- mate directly with a bottom plate manifold of the heat exchanger;
- and
- provide the heat transfer fluid into or out of the top plate cavity;
- and the bottom plate includes:
- the bottom plate manifold configured to:
- provide the heat transfer fluid into or out of the heat exchanger;
- provide the heat transfer fluid into or out of a bottom plate cavity;
- mate with the top plate port;
- and provide the heat transfer fluid into or out of the top plate port;
- the bottom plate port configured to:
- mate directly with the top plate manifold;
- and
- provide the heat transfer fluid out of or into the bottom plate cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.