Bypass seal for plate heater matrix
AssigneeHanon Systems
InventorsLeo Somhorst, Seok Jong Yoo, Stephen Joyce, Kamil Stach
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Abstract
A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle includes a seal and a core. The core includes a first groove formed in a first side and a second groove formed in an opposing second side. The first groove and the second groove are each configured to receive a portion of the seal to secure the seal to the core. The seal includes a cross member and a pair of uprights extending from opposing ends of the cross member, wherein the cross member and the uprights each include a sealing element. The uprights further include a rail extending from the upright and configured to be received in the groove of the core. The core further includes an integrated shear panel formed at opposing ends thereof.
Claims20
A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a core having a first groove formed in a first side of the core;
- a seal having a rail, wherein the groove is configured to receive the rail of the seal therein.
A core for a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of adjacently stacked plates, each of the plates formed of a pair of opposing panels having a flange formed at a first end thereof, the flange including a planar interior land and a planar exterior land, the interior land and the exterior land formed parallel to and spaced apart from each other, wherein the interior lands of adjacent panels abut each other when the pair of panels is assembled, and wherein the exterior lands of adjacent panels abut each other when the assembled plates are stacked.
A seal for a heat exchanger, the seal comprising:
- a sealing element having an arcuate cross-sectional shape, wherein a pair of wings extend therefrom;
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- a rail extending from the sealing element.
The seal of claim 18, wherein the wings of the sealing element are tapered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.