Heat exchanger
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSungwoo Kim, Hongseong Kim, Seungmo Jung, Hanchoon Lee
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins each having an opening formed in an upper portion thereof and an opening formed in a lower portion thereof to allow a refrigerant to flow and being provided therein with a flow path through which the refrigerant flows, the plurality of fins being arranged at intervals in one direction; and a header formed at each of the upper portions and lower portions of the plurality of fins, the header being in communication with the flow path. At least one fin, among the plurality of fins, is configured such that at least one of the opening in the upper portion and the opening in the lower portion is closed.
Claims20
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a plurality of fins defining a flow path for a refrigerant to flow, each fin having an opening located in an upper portion thereof and an opening located in a lower portion thereof to allow the refrigerant to flow, each fin having a flow path portion therein to allow the refrigerant to flow, the plurality of fins being arranged at intervals in one direction;
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- an upper header provided at the upper portion of the plurality of fins, and a lower header provided at the lower portion of the plurality of fins, each header being in communication with the flow path portion,
- wherein at least one fin, among the plurality of fins, is configured such that at least one of the opening in the upper portion and the opening in the lower portion is closed.
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a plurality of fins provided therein with a flow path through which a refrigerant is configured to flow, the plurality of fins being arranged at intervals in one direction;
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- an upper header provided at an upper portion of the plurality of fins, and a lower header provided at a lower portion of the plurality of fins, each header being in communication with the flow path,
- wherein each of the plurality of fins has an opening in the upper portion and the lower portion thereof, and
- wherein each header is defined by the openings of adjacent fins, of the plurality of fins, being coupled to one another in a successive manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.