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US 2026/0153049 A1Published application
Intercooler and an engine system including the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSung Il Yoon, Hee Yong Choi, Jeong Eui Kong
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Abstract
An intercooler includes: a plurality of tubes configured to allow introduced intake gas to flow therein and flow out and arranged in a height direction of the intercooler; and a cooling fin structure forming a cooling passage within the plurality of tubes. In particular, the cooling fin structure is disposed to be offset to one widthwise side within the plurality of tubes so as to form a cooling efficiency reduction passage on the other widthwise side within the plurality of tubes.
Claims20
An intercooler comprising:
- a plurality of tubes arranged in a height direction of the intercooler and configured to allow intake gas to flow into and out of the plurality of tubes and;
- and
- a cooling fin structure forming a first cooling passage within at least one tube of the plurality of tubes,
- wherein the cooling fin structure is offset toward a first widthwise side within the at least one tube, thereby defining a cooling efficiency reduction passage on a second widthwise side within the at least one tube.
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An intercooler comprising:
- a plurality of tubes arranged in a height direction of the intercooler and configured to allow intake gas to flow into and out of the plurality of tubes;
- and
- a cooling fin structure forming a first cooling passage within each tube of the plurality of tubes,
- wherein the cooling fin structure is configured so that, as a temperature of the intake gas within each tube of the plurality of tubes decreases, a flow of the intake gas becomes more biased toward a second widthwise side within each tube.
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An intercooler comprising:
- a plurality of tubes arranged in a height direction of the intercooler and configured to allow intake gas to flow into and out of the plurality of tubes and;
- and
- a cooling fin structures disposed within each tube of the plurality of tubes,
- wherein the cooling fin structure has a wave-shaped configuration extending in a widthwise direction of each tube and configured to form a plurality of cooling passages within each tube,
- wherein the cooling fin structure is offset toward a first widthwise side within each tube, thereby defining a cooling efficiency reduction passage on a second widthwise side within each tube, such that gas cooling efficiency on the second widthwise side within each tube is lower than gas cooling efficiency at a center portion and the first widthwise side of each tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.