Abstract: An element made by papermaking for use in the production of a die casting which comprises an organic fiber, an inorganic fiber, and a binder. The contents of the organic fiber, the inorganic fiber, and the binder are preferably 10 to 70 parts by weight, 1 to 80 parts by weight, and 10 to 85 parts by weight, respectively. The binder is preferably an organic binder. The organic fiber is preferably pulp fiber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a twin wire former (1) for producing a fibrous web (4), in particular a paper, cardboard or tissue web, from a fibrous suspension according to the generic terms claim 1. The twin wire former (1) is characterized in that, the two wire belts (2, 3) run upwards after a passing a first deviation device (10), forming an angle (&bgr;) relative to an imaginary second horizontal plane (H2), in such a way that the upper vertex (15.SO) of the second deviation device (15) lies above the lower vertex (10.SU) of the first deviation device (10), and that the angle (&dgr;) relative to the imaginary first horizontal plane (H1) runs downwards.

Abstract: An adjustable resilient blade support for use in the forming section of a papermaking machine. The blade support is adjustable, both to allow the attached blade to be moved from a position where it is out of contact to a position where it is pressed into contact with the adjacent forming fabric, and to permit adjustment of the blade orientation relative to the surface of the forming fabric. The blade support is also resilient, and thus allows the blade to respond to transient localized changes in the path of the forming fabric with which it is in contact. The adjustable resilient blade support of this invention is thus of use in an open surface forming section, and also is of use in forming sections in which two forming fabrics are used.

Abstract: An anti-rewet press fabric for paper and board machines includes a barrier layer such that during compression in the press nip, the water is forced through the barrier layer, but is prevented from flowing back to the paper web during expansion. The barrier layer comprises a continuous material possessing, for example square, rectangular, tetrahedral, circular or oblong conical inclusions with a smaller opening on the bottom than on the top of the structure. Each of these “funnels” effectively constitutes a one-way valve and creates a vacuum to prevent re-absorption of water by the paper sheet. Under pressure, the structure of the barrier layer allows water to flow into the cones and out of the smaller opening in the bottom. Upon expansion, the smaller opening in the bottom of the structure restricts backward water flow and creates a vacuum on the other side. The vacuum increases water retention in the press fabric and prevents rewetting of the paper sheet.

Abstract: A long nip press for machines transporting fibre webs, which press drains water from the fibre web and comprises two hydrostatic bearings opposite each other, both comprising a pressure shoe comprising a pressure chamber, the pressure shoe having a sealing element in the form of a flexible pressure-balancing diaphragm, and a press belt to press the fibre web against a fabric, the pressure-balancing diaphragm protruding on its edge-zone without support from the inner rim of the pressure shoe towards the pressure chamber. So as to make the long nip press very simple in structure and to enable self-adjusting, even and efficient lubrication in the nip, the protruding edge-zones comprise pinholes for transporting hydraulic fluid. The invention also relates to a pressure-balancing diaphragm.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing detailed foundry shapes (e.g. molds and cores) used in casting metal articles. The process involves preparing foundry shapes from hollow ceramic microspheres bonded with organic or inorganic binders. The foundry shape is then detailed by machining, cutting, stamping, or otherwise removing material from the foundry shape to provide special shapes, letters, numbers, insignia, machine readable codes, etc. on the surface of the foundry shape. The foundry shapes are used to produce detailed metal castings. This detail can be unique to a single casting to provide a permanent traceable mark for casting identification from the time of manufacture to disposal.

Abstract: A lubrication control system for use with or in a metal casting mold. Aspects of the invention include a lubricant flow stop or plug which prevents or controls the flow of lubricant from the mold during non-casting times.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for pressure casting a battery part wherein an extendible piston includes sidewalls for shutting off the supply of molten lead and an impact surface that extends in a side-to-side condition to form an end surface of a battery part cavity so that when the extendible piston is brought into an intensifying condition the extendible piston shuts off further supply of molten metal while a heat source maintains the lead in a molten state as the impact surface of the piston forms a side-to-side mold cavity surface to complete the mold cavity surface thereby eliminating unevenness in the surface of the finished battery part by generating a force with the extendible piston which is sufficient to form a battery part so that upon removal from the mold the batter part is substantially free of tears and cracks as well as surface irregularities.

Abstract: A moulding apparatus (10) for moulding a strap on to a group of battery plates including a mould block (14) with moulds (24), each of which has an inlet weir (28) and an outlet weir (29). The ridge (30) of these weirs is effectively a knife edge but includes a thermal break. This construction allows rapid processing whilst avoiding the formation of solid tails.

Abstract: Apparatus for the gravity-cast, “lost-foam” casting of metal castings, including a fugitive, pyrolizable foam pattern forming a casting cavity in a bed of loose sand, and a hollow sprue for supplying melt to the casting cavity, wherein the sprue consists essentially of the same metal as is being cast. A high-temperature, porous vent is provided adjacent the discharge end of the metal sprue to expel air from the sprue that would otherwise be trapped therein.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled mold for a continuous casting of metals, including mold plates made of copper or a copper alloy, which are connected respectively to an adapter plate or a cooling-water tank by clamping bolts. The mold is characterized in that the clamping bolts are fastened to plateau pedestals which project in an island-like manner from the cooling arrangement side of the mold plate, which jut at least partially into a cooling arrangement gap formed between the mold plate and the adapter plate or the cooling-water tank, respectively, and have a streamlined shape adjusted to the flow direction of the cooling arrangement.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled mold for the continuous casting of metals, including mold plates made of copper or a copper alloy, which are supported at their rear on supporting plates by the use of a plurality of bolts. The bolts have bolt heads in the region of the backsides of the supporting plates facing away from the mold plates. Between the bolt heads and the supporting plate an articulation system making possible relative motion between the mold plate and the supporting plates is incorporated, having two articulation members, between which a sliding element is undetachably embedded.

Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger including a plurality of stacked plate pairs, each plate pair including first and second plates having elongate central portions surrounded by sealably joined edge portions with an elongate fluid passage defined between the central portions. Each plate pair has spaced apart inlet and outlet openings in flow communication with the fluid passage, at least some of the plate pairs having a substantially planar air-side fin plate extending peripherally outward from the joined edge portions, the fin plates of the stacked plate pairs being spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other. The fluid passage may be arranged at an angle relative to air flow direction.

Abstract: A fan shroud 4 is assembled to a cooling module in such a way that the fan shroud 4 covers brackets 3 that have been assembled to the cooling module, that is, a radiator 1 and a condenser 2 and, at the same time, snap fits 3h and a vehicle body prevent the fan shroud 4 from being detached from the brackets 3. In this way, it is possible to easily assemble the cooling module and the fan shroud 4 and, therefore, it is also possible to improve the workability in assembling or disassembling the cooling module and the fan shroud 4.

Abstract: Brackets 3 made of resin are provided between the radiator 1 and the condenser 2, and the heat exchangers 1 and 2 are secured to the brackets 3, so that heat transfer from the radiator 1 to the condenser 2 can be restricted and reduction of the cooling efficiency of the condenser 2 can be prevented. The radiator 1 and the condenser 2 are assembled with and secured to the brackets 3 so that the position of the condenser 2 with respect to the radiator 1 can be easily determined. Therefore, the assembling of the cooling module can be facilitated and no heat exchange between the radiator 1 and the condenser 2 can be restricted due to a predetermined space provided between the core 1c of the radiator 1 and the core 2c of the condenser 2.

Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) assembly having a housing defining first and second quadrants. An air mixing door is mounted to the housing downstream of an inlet and upstream of an outlet. The air mixing door has a first position directing substantially all of the air through the first quadrant, a second position directing substantially all of the air through the second quadrant, and a third position directing a flow of air through both of the first and second quadrants. A first seal is mounted to a first side of the air mixing door and a second seal is mounted to a second side of the air mixing door. A diffuser is mounted to at least one of the sides of the air mixing door and has a plurality of passageways to interrupt a flow of air passing around the air mixing door when the air mixing door initially moves from one of the first and second positions to the third position, thereby controlling an initial flow of air into at least one of the quadrants.

Abstract: An air treatment module, in particular for thermal treatment of air to be introduced into the vehicle interior of a vehicle, includes a support arrangement to be fixed to a vehicle, a fan arrangement supported by the support arrangement, a first heat exchanger arrangement, supported on the support arrangement, for thermal treatment of air forwarded by the fan arrangement, further including a heating device and a second heat exchanger arrangement receiving heat from the heating device, the heating device and the second heat exchanger arrangement being supported on the support arrangement.

Abstract: An integrated heat exchanger is constituted by different kinds of heat exchangers such as a radiator for use in engine-cooling systems snd a condenser for use in air-conditioning systems which is low in manufacturing cost, small in thickness, easy in maintenance and/or replacement and small in air pressure loss. The heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger (2) and a second heat exchanger (3). A fitting dented portion (6) is provided at one of a bottom surface of the first heat exchanger (2) and an upper surface of the second heat exchanger (3), and a fitting protruded portion (5) is provided at the other thereof, and wherein the fitting protruded portion (5) is fitted in the fitting dented portion (6), whereby the first heat exchanger (2) is integrally conected to the upper surface of the second heat exchanger (3).

Abstract: A baseboard system includes baseboard units through which conduits extend carrying heated fluids, and moldings about the free ends of the baseboards, to provide a generally uniform external surface configuration. The moldings are in the nature of conventional moldings made of wood, pressed wood, plastic or the like. The use of the moldings with the baseboards provides an efficient, cost-effective system that produces a uniform appearance and facilitates cleaning.

Abstract: An exhaust-heat utilization system is constructed which can achieve energy saving of semiconductor manufacturing facilities by reusing a warmed cooling-water, as a heating source, exhausted from semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses. Supply a low-temperature cooling-water having a temperature substantially equal to a room temperature to the semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) through a low-temperature cooling-water line (12). Supply a medium-temperature cooling-water to the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus (8) through a medium-temperature cooling-water supply line (30), the medium-temperature cooling-water being exhausted from the semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses and having a temperature higher than the room temperature.

Abstract: A blower for an air conditioner in the present invention mainly includes at least one faceplate, a cold-air blower, and an evaporator. Each of the faceplates has a wind outlet. The evaporator is installed to an upper floor construction. The cold-air blower having a case, a motor and at least one blower unit is capable of being disposed on the at least one faceplate and connected with the evaporator with wind holes of the case corresponding in location to the wind outlet of the at least one faceplate. With a combination of the above-mentioned components, cold air that is circulated by the evaporator can be blown directly and powerfully from the cold-air blower out of the wind outlet of the at least one faceplate so as to achieve a prompt blowing function and an optimum cold-room effect.

Abstract: The invention refers to a component (20) for supporting a tubular filter member 815) in a portable channel (2) in a plate heat exchanger (1). The invention also refers to a device including the component (20) and the filter member (15). Furthermore, the invention refers to a plate heat exchanger (1), which includes a package of heat transfer plates (3) provided between a first plate (5) and a second plate (6). The filter member (15) has an inner surface and an outer surface. The component (20) includes a first part (21), which is arranged to be introduceable into the filter member (15) to abutment against the inner surface of the filter member, and a second part (22), which is arranged to abut a surface area of one of said first and second plates (5, 6), which surface area extends around the porthole channel (2).

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling single and multiple high-flux and ultra-high-flux heat dissipating devices, comprising a liquid coolant module having a base plate and a cover plate defining therebetween a liquid coolant chamber with a liquid coolant inlet port and a liquid coolant outlet port in fluid communication with the liquid coolant chamber; at least one heat dissipating device mounted to the liquid coolant module; a multi-level-cooling-enhancement stud mounted upon each heat dissipating device and disposed within the liquid coolant module; and apparatus for inducing phase change nucleate boiling of a subcooled liquid coolant within the liquid coolant module to enhance its cooling performance.

Abstract: A thermal interface wafer for facilitating heat transfer from an electronic component to a heat sink. The wafer is formed from at least one elongate, vertically-oriented strip of thermally conductive material having a layer of conformable, heat-conducting material formed thereon. Preferably, the substrate comprises a metal foil, such as aluminum or some other thermally-conductive metal, that is formed as a flat, spiral-like coil. Such strip may further be configured to have a serpentine configuration, or may alternatively be formed from a multiplicity of strips. The present invention further provides for methods of transferring heat from an electronic component to a heat sink, as well as methods for fabricating the thermal interface wafers of the present invention.

Abstract: This invention is related to an assembled structure of laminate plates for radiating heat therefrom wherein there are formed a plurality of slits between peripheries of the plates around the laminated assembly in such a manner that the plurality of laminated plates, each having a length and a shorter width and notches at the edge on the center line of the direction of. the length, and each being laminated alternatively with an adjacent abutting plate such that the length of one plate is perpendicular to the width of the adjacent plate to form a shape of a cross, with the excess length of one plate overhanging. beyond the width of an adjacent plate, the overhanging portions serving to dissipate heat from the plates.

Abstract: A composition and method for enhancing the thermal conductivity in heat transfer systems. The composition comprises a powder having average particle sizes in the nanometer to micron size range, a coating for imparting corrosion resistance and/or acting as a dispersant, and a heat transfer medium. The heat transfer medium is selected from the group of interpolymers, polymers, gaseous and liquid fluids, and phase change materials. Suitable powders include metals and metal oxides, alloys or blends thereof, and carbon derivatives. The surface of the powder is modified by surface complexes or physical adsorption with a coating compound. The coated powder, when mixed with a heat transfer medium, forms a colloidal dispersion which exhibits enhanced heat transfer capacity and thermal conductivity, stable chemical composition, faster heat transfer rates, and dispersion maintenance which are beneficial to most heat transfer systems.

Abstract: A heat pipe heat spreader is provided having a substantially L-shaped enclosure with an internal surface and a plurality of post projecting from the surface. A working fluid is disposed within the enclosure, and a grooved wick is formed on at least a portion of the internal surface. The grooved wick includes a plurality of individual particles having an average diameter, and including at least two lands that are in fluid communication with one another through a particle layer disposed between the at least two lands that comprises less than about six average particle diameters. A method for making a grooved heat pipe wick on an inside surface of a heat pipe container a layer of sintered powder between adjacent grooves that comprises no more than about six average particle diameters.

Abstract: A cold and/or heat accumulator with a plurality of carrier elements (10) which are charged with a cold or heat storage medium, and with a heat exchanger (12) which is designed to have a heat transfer medium flow through it in order to cause heat exchange between the cold or heat storage medium and the heat transfer medium. The heat exchanger (12) has at least one serpentine hollow section (14), and at least at least one carrier element (10) is provided between the legs of at least some of the loops of the serpentine hollow section. In a process for producing the cold and/or heat accumulator, the height of the carrier elements is coordinated to a distance between the legs of the at least one loop such that, after a force-fit connection is formed between the serpentine hollow section and the carrier elements.

Abstract: This invention provides a multi-channeled loop heat transfer device with high efficiency fins. In this device, each of the evaporating and condensing sections is fabricated using parallel, multi-channeled flattened tubes. This device has a liquid-pumping capillary wick within each channel of the flattened tubes. The wick is allowed to act as a fluid diode within a heat transport loop only when a minus temperature gradient is maintained in the liquid in the upstream of the boundary layer and in the vapor in the downstream of the boundary layer. In this device, the vapor pipe is separated from the liquid pipe, with the temperature of the vapor pipe always maintained higher than that of the liquid pipe. The liquid is thus allowed to always flow from the condensing section into the liquid pipe due to vapor pressure of the vapor pipe. This device is also automatically restarted without failure when thermal load acts on the device after a complete stop of the device.

Abstract: A chill tube made of copper for the continuous casting of metals has a multi-corner inner and outer cross section and a nominal wall thickness which amounts to 8% to 10% of the separation distance of the inner surfaces lying frontally opposite each other at the tube opening. The inner surfaces are placed indirectly under the heat-removing influence of a cooling medium suppliable from the outside to the tube wall. In the height range of the bath level of the liquid metal, the wall thickness is reduced over the entire circumference by 10% to 40% of the nominal wall thickness.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cooling device having improved cooling performance and providing higher flexibility, an electronic apparatus and an acoustic apparatus employing the cooling device, and a method for producing the cooling device. The cooling device is provided with an evaporator that is capable of cooling an object to be cooled, and a condenser that is capable of releasing to the outside heat that has been absorbed during the cooling by the evaporator. A vapor-phase conduit and a liquid-phase conduit, both of which are made of fluorocarbon resin and through which an operating medium flows, are disposed between and coupled to the evaporator and the condenser, thereby circulating the operating medium.

Abstract: The present invention has proposed a thin sheet type heat pipe comprising: a hermetically sealed container which is formed of foil sheets opposed and jointed at peripheral portions; at least one spacer which is movably housed in said container and has a fluid path to exert a capillary force; at least one spacer which is movably housed in said container and has no fluid path; and a working fluid enclosed in said container.

Abstract: A heat pipe unit is comprised of a tank, a plurality of pipes provided upright on and joined to a side of the tank to be in communication with the tank, the pipes being closed at an end thereof opposite an end where the pipes are joined to the tank; a working fluid sealed in the tank and movable between the plurality of pipes and the tank, and a plurality of fins fitted over and assembled to the plurality of pipes. The tank of this heat pipe unit is embedded in a base block of metal to provide a heat pipe type heat exchanger. A plurality of heat pipe units may be arranged in a row on the base block. The tank is preferably formed from a pipe of circular cross section and has spiral grooves provided on an inner surface thereof. The heat pipe unit and the heat pipe type heat exchanger are simple in structure and excellent in cooling performance, and are easy to produce.

Abstract: A heat transfer element includes a container having a heat input section for receiving heat generated by a heating element and a heat output section for radiating the heat outside, and condensable working fluid that is vacuum-sealed in the container to transfer the heat received from the heat input section to the heat output section and that is moved between the heat input section and the heat output section by a capillary action member. The container is composed of a resin containing a thermoconductive material. A cooling device includes the heat transfer element, a heat sink disposed adjacent to the heat output section to radiate the heat received from the heat output section, and a fan for supplying cooling air to the heat sink.

Abstract: A hollow laminate which is prepared by forming hollow portions of a predetermined shape on opposed faces of a plurality of metal plates, subjecting the joining faces of the metal plates to an activation treatment under an extremely reduced pressure, and then laminating the metal plates having hollow portions and joining them by cold pressure welding; and a heat sink which is prepared by enclosing water as a heat radiating hydraulic fluid in the hollow portion of the hollow laminate

Abstract: A refrigerating unit including a base, a heat exchanger, and a shroud attached to the base, the shroud provided with integrally formed means for gripping the heat exchanger and mounting the heat exchanger to the base. More particularly, a condensing unit including a base, a heat exchanger having opposite side edges defined by a pair of substantially cylindrical headers, at least one of the headers having an inlet tube or an outlet tube extending from a side surface thereof near one end of the header, and a substantially rectangular shroud attached to the base and being provided with notched corners forming notched corner edges. The shroud has a top surface which is provided with at least one elongate boss, and a plurality of integrally-formed resilient gripping portions which surround and capture the heat exchanger headers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spiral heat exchanging device having an improved cooling efficiency in which a plurality of spiral pipes connected to an inlet pipe for introducing a coolant are formed to be spirally wound with a gradually increased diameter toward a blast fan and the coolant is discharged through a discharge pipe so that the wind generated from the blast fan is spread evenly on the spiral pipes.

Abstract: The heat transfer surfaces of a condensation heat exchanger are provided with a coating according to the invention which comprises a sequence of layers which includes at least one hard layer which comprises amorphous carbon or a plasma polymer and at least one soft layer which comprises amorphous carbon or a plasma polymer. The hard and soft layers are applied alternately, the first layer on the heat transfer surface being a hard layer and the last layer of the coating being a soft layer. The last, soft layer is distinguished in particular by hydrophobic properties. The layer sequence ensures condensation of drops and, at the same time, protects against drop impingement erosion.

Abstract: An improved heat transfer tube and a method of formation thereof. The inner surface of the tube is enhanced with a plurality of protrusions that reduce tube side resistance and improve overall heat transfer performance. The protrusions create additional paths for fluid flow within the tube and thereby enhance turbulence of heat transfer mediums flowing within the tube. This increases fluid mixing to reduce the boundary layer build-up of the fluid medium close to the inner surface of the tube, such build-up increasing the resistance and thereby impeding heat transfer. The protrusions also provide extra surface area for additional heat exchange. The method of this invention includes using a tool, which can easily be added to existing manufacturing equipment, having a cutting edge to cut through ridges on the inner surface of the tube to create ridge layers and a lifting edge to lift the ridge layers to form the protrusions.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having a manifold defined by a plurality of connected closure pieces. A corner of the manifold is defined by the connected joint of three closure pieces, where one closure piece has a bent edge abutting an end of a second closure piece adjacent a generally flat section of a third closure piece. The bent edge of the one closure piece adjacent the manifold corner is a bend in a thin portion of the one closure piece, where the thin portion has a sheet thickness which is less than the sheet thickness of the adjacent portions of the one closure piece. Multiple corners of the manifold can be formed in this manner by thinning the thin and bending the portion, then connecting the closure pieces using solder to form a seal in the open cross section at the corners.

Abstract: A heat exchanger provided with tubes 210 through which a medium flows and tanks 300 to which the ends of the tubes are connected to perform heat exchange of the medium with heat conducted to the tubes, wherein the tanks each provided with an end plate 320 having holes 321 for connection of the ends of the tubes and a tank plate 310 to which the end plate is fitted; and when it is assumed that a cross section of the tank in its longitudinal direction has a passage area X and a total wetted perimeter length Y for the medium, they have a relationship of X=a·Y2/4&pgr; and 0.9≦a<1.0.

Abstract: The invention creates a new type of heat exchangers—Bent-Tube Heat Exchanger. It solves thermal expansion problem, allowing airtight connections for both sides of tube connection to tube sheets instead of a sliding connection on one side. Additionally, unlike in spiral-tube heat exchangers, the use of straight tube sections allows for uniform tube spacing and having the same length for all parallel tubes.

Abstract: A plate heat exchanger for indirect heat exchange of several fluid flows (30, 40, 50) with a heat transfer medium/cooling medium (10, 20) in a heat exchanger core (9) has a plurality of heat exchange passages within the core for the heat transfer medium/cooling medium (10, 20), a first fluid flow (30, 40, 50) and a second fluid flow (30, 40, 50). All heat exchange passages for the first fluid flow (40) are located In a first component area, and all heat exchange passages for the second fluid flow (30) are located in a second component area. The first and the second component areas do not intersect and each extend over the entire height of the heat exchanger core (9). The heat exchanger is particularly suitable for use in air-separation processes.

Abstract: Outsides of flat tubes through which a first fluid flows are formed with wave-shaped surfaces, and fins form meandering passages for a second fluid. While the second fluid is flowing along the fins, it is made turbulent by striking the wave-shaped surfaces of the flat tubes due to the meandering passages. The turbulent flow contacts the outside surfaces of the flat tubes and the front and rear surfaces of the fins, so heat conduction is promoted without the formation of thick boundary layers at these surfaces. Therefore, the heat exchange efficiency is remarkably improved between the first fluid such as warm water flowing through the insides of the flat tubes and the second fluid such as air flowing at the outsides.

Abstract: A heat transfer plate for a plate heat exchanger comprising a number of ridges (210) and troughs (220) which have been pressed into the plate, the heat transfer portion of the plate having a plurality of juxtaposed rows (200) of said ridges (210) and troughs (220). The rows (200) of ridges (210) and troughs (220) are separated from each other by essentially plane channel portions (240). Each row (200) presents alternating elongated ridges (210) and elongated troughs (220) which extend along a main flow direction (F). The transition between each ridge (210) and an adjacent trough (220) in the same row (200) is formed by a transition portion (230) which is inclined relative to the central plane (P1) of the plate (1). The heat transfer plate is used in a plate pack for a plate heat exchanger.

Abstract: Surface cooled heat exchanger that includes a substantially planar shim plate with spaced apart integral first and second end walls extending laterally therefrom, and a separately formed cover plate having a central wall with integral first and second side walls extending from opposite sides of the central wall portion. The first and second side walls of the cover plate are sealably joined to respective side edges of the shim plate, the first and second end walls are sealably joined to respective ends of the cover plate. The central wall portion and shim plate are spaced apart with an internal fluid passage being defined therebetween with inlet and outlet openings provided in flow communication with the fluid passage to allow fluid to flow into, through, and out of the fluid passage. Includes a fin plate having a planar support wall with a first side abutting against and secured to the shim plate and an opposite facing second side along which a plurality of exposed cooling fins are provided.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (20) includes a stack (22) of heat exchanger tubes (24), with the stack (22) having a pair of spaced ends (26, 28) that are received into respective manifolds (30, 32) that direct a first fluid (33), such as an exhaust gas flow of a vehicle, to and from interiors (34) of the tubes (24). The manifolds (30) and (32) are bonded to the respective ends (26) and (28) using a suitable bonding technique, such as soldering. Each end (26, 28) has an outer periphery (54) that includes furrows (56) and elongate, narrow protrusions (58), and each manifold (30, 32) has a wall (60) that extends continuously around the associated end (26, 28) and includes inwardly directed ridges (62) that are received in the furrows (56) and elongate slots (64) that receive the protrusions (58) to provide a tight joint between the wall (60) and the associated end (50, 52).

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a header (2) and a plurality of tubes (1) connected thereto. The header (2) includes an inner peripheral wall portion (10) having a generally flattened arc-shaped cross-sectional shape to which the tubes (1) are connected, an outer peripheral wall portion (1) having a generally semi-circular cross-sectional shape which faces to the inner peripheral wall portion (10) and connecting curved peripheral wall portions (12) connecting the inner peripheral wall portion (10) and the outer peripheral wall portion (11). The parameters of the hollow header (2), such as a radius of external curvature Ra of the inner peripheral wall portion (10), a radius of external curvature Rb of the connecting curved peripheral wall portion (12), and a radius of external curvature of the outer peripheral wall portion (11), fall within a specified range, thereby reducing the header capacity and weight while securing sufficient pressure resistance.

Abstract: A heat exchanger tube (1), wherein a plurality of refrigerant passages (5) extending in the longitudinal direction of the tube are formed in a flat tube body (2) with a specified length parallel with each other in the lateral direction of the tube and, where the overall cross sectional area of the tube body (2) is (At), the overall cross sectional area of the refrigerant passage (5) is (Ac), the outer peripheral length of the tube body (2) is (L), and the overall inner peripheral length of the refrigerant passage (5) is (P), set so that the relation of Ac/At×100=30 to 55 and P/L×100=150 to 325 can be established, whereby a heat exchanging performance can be increased.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for performing heat exchange of a medium by heat conducted to tubes (210) and fins (220), the heat exchanger is configured by assembling the tubes, the fins, tanks (300) and a connector (400) and heating them in a furnace to be brazed into one body, wherein the connector is made of aluminum or its alloy and has a seating face to be brazed to the outer surface of the tank, and when it is determined that the connector has a surface area of X [cm2] and a volume of Y [cm3], they have a relation of X≧1.5·(36&pgr;Y2)1/3, Y≦30.