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US 4,969,512 AGranted
Heat exchanger
AssigneeSanden Corporation
InventorsAoki Hisao, Ando Nobuyasu
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Abstract
An evaporator for an automotive air conditioning refrigerant circuit is disclosed. The evaporator includes a plurality of flat pipes through which refrigerant flows, and corrugated metal sheets are disposed between the flat pipes. A plurality of linking members are hermetically fixed at both opening ends of the flat pipes and are also heremetically fixed to each other to facilitate communication between adjacent flat pipes.
Claims5
An evaporator of a refrigerant circuit comprising:
- a plurality of flat pipes through which refrigerant flows;
- at least one heat receiving plate disposed between said flat pipes;
- a plurality of linking members disposed at both opening ends of the flat pipes for permitting communication between adjacent ones of said flat pipes, at least one of said first linking members including first aperture means for communicating with an adjacent linking member on only one side thereof, and the other linking members including second aperture means for communicating with an adjacent linking member on both sides thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.