Multiple flow condenser for air conditioning units of motor vehicles
AssigneeSuddeutsche Kuhlerfabrik Julius Fr. Behr GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKurt Dietzsch
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Abstract
A heat exchanger, especially a double-flow or multiple-flow condenser for air conditioning units of motor vehicles which includes V-shaped tube forks installed in a heat exchanger body. The tube forks are connected at their ends by the tube elbows to tube forks located downstream in the flow direction, wherein an influx of heat exchange medium is distributed between two or among several of the first mentioned tube forks. The legs of all tube forks are arranged in one plane one below the other and their ends are connected by tube sections, with each of the tube sections bridging at least two ends of adjacent tube forks and extend laterally past each other.
Claims13
A multiple flow heat exchanger comprising a heat exchanger body, a plurality of tube forks arranged in the heat exchanger body, some of said tube forks defining a first flow path for a heat exchange medium and the remaining tube forks defining at least one further flow path for the heat exchange medium, each of the tube forks has a substantially U-shape and include a pair of legs with each leg terminating in a free end, and elbow means for connecting free ends of respective tube forks with free ends of tube forks located downstream, as viewed in a flow direction of the heat exchange medium, so as to enable a flow of the heat exchange medium in the respective flow paths, characterized in that the plurality of tube forks are arranged in the heat exchanger body in such a manner that the legs of all of the tube forks are arranged in one plane, the elbow means includes tube sections, and in that the tube sections bridge at least two free ends of adjacent tube forks and extend laterally past each other.
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