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US 12,644,655 B2Granted
Secondarily applied cold side features for cast heat exchanger
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsMichael A. Disori, Dave J. Hyland, Jeremy Styborski, Adam J. Diener, Alexander Broulidakis
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a primary plate including a first surface, a second surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge and a plurality of internal passages extending between an inlet and an outlet. A secondary plate is attached to at least one of the first surface and second surface of the primary plate. The secondary plate includes heat transfer structures. A method is also disclosed.
Claims2
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a primary one-piece unitary cast plate including a first surface, a second surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge and a plurality of internal passages extending between an inlet and an outlet;
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- a secondary one-piece unitary cast plate that includes a flat joint side attached to at least one of the first surface and second surface of the primary plate, and a first side with heat transfer structures, wherein the heat transfer structures include a plurality of fin portions disposed between open channels, wherein the heat transfer structures of the secondary plate include augmentation structures;
- wherein the augmentation structures extend from the channel bottom up a side of at least one of the plurality of fin portions bordering the channel bottom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.