Heat exchanger

Abstract

A heat exchanger for a vehicle is disposed in a fluid circuit in which a fluid is circulated according to an operating condition of the vehicle. The heat exchanger includes a tank and a pressure adjuster. The tank defines a tank chamber therein and is configured to allow the fluid to flow through the tank chamber. The pressure adjuster is disposed inside the tank and defines a damper chamber separately from the tank chamber. The pressure adjuster is configured to be displaceable or deformable to expand and reduce the damper chamber. The damper chamber is filled with a compressible gas. The pressure adjuster is configured to reduce the damper chamber in response to an increase in a pressure of the fluid in the tank chamber. The pressure adjuster is configured to expand the damper chamber in response to a decrease in a pressure of the fluid in the tank chamber.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.