Abstract: Heat transfer device of a stacked plate construction has a stacked plate construction consisting of alternately stacked flow duct plate units with flow duct openings and connection duct openings as well as connection cover plate units with connection duct openings provided such that two separate fluid flow systems are formed. The equal-sided connection duct openings overlap only by means of an interior portion with the equal-sided ends of the flow duct openings, whereas, by means of an exterior portion, while forming a respective connection conduit, they extend in the area outside the flow duct openings. This implements a compact plate stack construction with an optimal connection geometry for very low pressure losses.

Abstract: A plate sandwich structure for a heat transfer device provides flow duct plate units alternately stacked upon one another having flow duct breakthroughs which extend between two lateral plate areas as well as with connection duct breakthroughs, which are arranged separately from the flow duct breakthroughs, and connection cover plate units having connection duct breakthroughs arranged at least in two lateral plate areas. The last named breakthroughs suitably overlap with equal-sided ends in a flow duct breakthrough of one adjoining lateral plate area as well as a connection duct breakthrough of a flow duct plate unit adjoining the other lateral plate area. This results in two separate flow duct systems which are capable of passing two fluids in a cross current, reverse current or direct current. The structure can be used, for example, as a high temperature battery cooling element.