JP2011196571A - Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat exchanger having the outer shape of less unevenness, with simple and stable quality.SOLUTION: This heat exchanger includes: an inlet tank disposed at an inlet side to which a heat medium is carried in through one external pipe; an outlet tank disposed at an outlet side from which the heat medium is carried out through the other external pipe; a plurality of heat transfer tubes stacked while communicating the inlet tank and the outlet tank to each other; and a side plate disposed at one end side in the stacking direction of the heat transfer tubes and joined to an end section at one end side in the stacking direction, of the inlet tank and the outlet tank. In the heat exchanger, a claw section is formed on the end section at one end side in the stacking direction of one of the inlet tank and the outlet tank, and the claw section is caulked to a first recessed section formed on the end section of the side plate.

Description

  The present invention relates to a heat exchanger such as a heater core used for a vehicle air conditioner and the like, and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a heat exchanger characterized by a fixing structure between a tank seat plate member and a side plate constituting the heat exchanger. And a manufacturing method thereof.

  As a heat transfer tube laminated heater core used in a conventional vehicle air conditioner, a tank seat plate member that communicates with the heat transfer tube, and a heat transfer tube disposed at the end of the laminated heat transfer tube group There is a heater core fixed to the side plate provided along the side plate by bending a claw protruding from the end of the tank seat plate member toward the side plate. For example, in the heat exchanger described in Patent Document 1, the extending portion 123 provided on the core plate 121 serving as a tank seat plate member is sandwiched between the sandwiching portions 131 provided on the insert 130 serving as the side plate. In this manner, the core plate 121 and the insert 130 are fixed.

  Further, like the heat exchanger described in Patent Document 2, the insert 4 as the side plate is simply inserted into the long hole 11 provided on the sheet metal 5 as the tank seat plate member. Some heat exchangers are not provided with the fixing structure.

Japanese Patent No. 3678159 Japanese Patent No. 3353428

  From the viewpoint of the ease of assembly work of the heat exchanger and the quality stability, it is desirable that the side plates are temporarily fixed to the tank and then fixed by brazing or the like. However, in the heat exchanger described in Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 6 of Patent Document 1, since the core plate 121 projects outward from the end surface of the tank body 122, it is formed on the outer surface of the heater core. There is a risk of steps or irregularities.

  If there is such a step or unevenness, when the seal for preventing air leakage (packing) is wrapped around the outer surface of the heater core, it becomes easy to create a gap between the seal and the heater core, and the air leakage preventing effect of the seal is weakened. In addition, when the heater core is housed in a narrow space such as an air-conditioning unit case, there is a risk of adverse effects.

  Then, the subject of this invention is providing the heat exchanger provided with the outer surface shape with few unevenness with simple and stable quality.

  In order to solve the above problems, a heat exchanger according to the present invention includes an inlet tank provided on an inlet side through which a heat medium is fed via one external pipe, and the heat via another external pipe. An outlet tank provided on the outlet side through which the medium is delivered, a plurality of heat transfer tubes stacked while communicating with the inlet tank and the outlet tank, and provided on one end side in the stacking direction of the heat transfer tubes. A heat exchanger composed of a side plate joined to an end of the inlet tank and the outlet tank on one end side in the stacking direction, and the stacking direction of at least one of the inlet tank and the outlet tank A claw portion is formed at an end portion on one end side, and the claw portion is caulked by a first concave portion provided at an end portion of the side plate.

  According to the present invention, the claw portion is formed at the end portion of the inlet tank or the outlet tank on one end side in the heat transfer tube stacking direction, and the claw portion is caulked by the first concave portion provided at the end portion of the side plate. Therefore, it is possible to provide a heat exchanger in which the side plate is arranged without projecting outward from the tank end surface and has less irregularities in the outer shape.

  In the heat exchanger according to the present invention, it is preferable that the claw portion is formed so as to protrude from a second concave portion formed at an end portion on one end side in the stacking direction of the inlet tank or the outlet tank. In this way, by forming the claw part into a shape protruding from the second concave part, the second concave part and the claw part are simultaneously formed by plastic working from the cutting of the raw material, and the remaining cut-off part is scrapped. As a result, it is possible to minimize the amount of scrap when discarded.

  In the heat exchanger according to the present invention, it is preferable that the first recess is provided at an end portion of the side plate that is bent so as to rise vertically from the plate surface of the side plate. As described above, the first recess is provided at the end bent so as to rise vertically from the side plate, so that the side plate and the tank are easily adhered to each other during temporary assembly, and poor adhesion when brazed and fixed. It can be effectively prevented.

  In the heat exchanger of the present invention, the inlet tank or the outlet tank includes a seat plate member having a communication hole with the heat transfer tube and extending along the stacking direction, and the seat plate member extending along the stacking direction. Moreover, it is preferable to be comprised from the cover member which forms the side surface of a tank, and the cap member which forms the said lamination direction end surface of a tank. In this way, the tank has a simple structure mainly composed of a seat plate member, a cover member, and a cap member, so that the assembly work efficiency is ensured while ensuring the product quality stability even in mass production. Secured.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said nail | claw part is formed on the said seat board member. Since the side plate and the seat plate portion of the tank are caulked via the claw portion, a fixed state with high adhesion can be realized with a compact fixing structure.

  Moreover, in order to solve the said subject, the manufacturing method of the heat exchanger which concerns on this invention is provided with the communicating hole connected to the several heat exchanger tube laminated | stacked, The tank extended along the lamination direction of the said heat exchanger tube A claw portion is formed on an end portion on one end side in the stacking direction on a seat plate member that forms a part of the heat transfer tube, and a side plate having a first recess is disposed on one end side in the stacking direction of the heat transfer tube. And the claw portion is caulked to the first concave portion.

  According to such a method for manufacturing a heat exchanger of the present invention, the claw portion is formed at the end portion of the seat plate member forming the tank, and the side plate having the first concave portion is connected to the heat transfer tube in the stacking direction. Since the claw portion is caulked to the first concave portion, the heat exchanger can be manufactured in which the side plate is arranged without projecting outward from the tank end surface and has less external irregularities. .

  In the method for manufacturing a heat exchanger according to the present invention, it is preferable that the claw portion is formed so as to protrude from a second concave portion formed at an end portion on one end side in the stacking direction on the seat plate member. By forming the claw part into a shape that protrudes from the second recess, the second recess and claw part are simultaneously formed by cutting the raw material, and the scrap amount when scraping off the remaining cut-off part is minimized. Can be suppressed.

  Further, in the method for manufacturing a heat exchanger according to the present invention, after bending the end of the side plate and raising the first recess obliquely from the plate surface, the first recess is pressed against the seat plate member, It is preferable to caulk the claw portion to the first recess. After the first recess is brought into pressure contact with the seat plate member in a state where the first recess is raised obliquely from the side plate, by using the elastic restoring force of the side plate by caulking the claw portion to the first recess, It is possible to fix the seat plate member and the side plate of the tank in a state where the adhesion between both members is improved.

  According to the heat exchanger and the manufacturing method thereof according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a heat exchanger having an outer surface shape with less unevenness in a simple and stable quality.

The heater core which concerns on one embodiment of this invention is shown, (A) is a front view, (B) is the side view seen from the paper surface left side of (A). The state which decomposed | disassembled the air conditioning unit case of the vehicle air conditioner which accommodates the heater core of FIG. 1 is shown, (A) is the exploded perspective view seen from diagonally upward, (B) is the exploded perspective view seen from diagonally downward. . FIG. 2 is a partial enlarged perspective view showing the vicinity of a joining portion between a side plate and a seat plate member of the heater core of FIG. 1, (A) before caulking and fixing, and (B) after caulking and fixing. FIG. 3B shows the vicinity of the joint portion between the side plate and the seat plate member, FIG. 3A is a plan view seen from the front side of the side plate, and FIG. 3B is the plan view of the seat plate member from the left side of FIG. FIG. 3A and 3B show a step of pressing the first concave portion of FIG. 3 against a seat plate member, wherein FIG. 3A is a front view showing a state before press contact, and FIG. 4B is a front view showing a state after press contact.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1: has shown the heater core which concerns on one embodiment of this invention, (A) is a front view, (B) is the side view seen from the left side of (A). FIG. 1 shows the heater core 1 in a state where a seal 2 for preventing air leakage such as air leakage is wound around the outer surface of the heater core 1. An inlet tank 4 into which a heat medium is introduced is provided below the heater core 1 via a pipe connection part 3 on the inlet side. The heat medium in the inlet tank 4 passes through the heat transfer tube 5, is transferred to the outlet tank 6 provided on the upper side of the heater core 1, and is discharged from the pipe connection portion 7 on the outlet side. The plurality of heat transfer tubes 5 are stacked in the left-right direction in FIG. 1, and both ends of the stacked heat transfer tubes 5 are sandwiched between side plates 8 and 9. In addition, heat exchange fins (not shown) are provided between the adjacent heat transfer tubes 5.

  FIG. 2 shows a state in which the air conditioning unit case of the vehicle air conditioner that houses the heater core 1 is disassembled, (A) is an exploded perspective view seen from obliquely above, and (B) is an exploded view seen from obliquely below. It is a perspective view. The air conditioning unit case includes an upper case member 51 and a lower case member 52 and is accommodated in a storage space 53 of the heater core 1 provided in the upper case member 51. Since the storage space 53 is formed very narrow, if the outer surface of the heater core 1 is uneven, the heater core 1 is easily caught by the storage space 53, and this tends to hinder the assembly of the air conditioning unit case. External piping 54 and 55 are caulked to the heater core 1 via O-rings. When assembling the air conditioning unit case, after the heater core 1 is stored in the storage space 53, the upper case member 51 and the lower case member 52 are joined while the external pipes 54 and 55 are pressed by the pressing member 56.

  FIG. 3 shows the vicinity of the joint between the side plate 8 of the heater core 1 and the seat plate member 11 of the outlet tank 6, (A) before caulking and fixing with the claws 11 a and 11 b, and (B) the claw. It is a partial expansion perspective view after performing caulking fixation by 11a and 11b. The outlet tank 6 forms a seat plate member 11 provided with a second recess 11 c at an end, a cover member 12 that forms a cylindrical side surface of the outlet tank 6 together with the seat plate member 11, and a bottom surface of the outlet tank 6. The cap member 13 is configured. The claw portions 11a and 11b are formed so as to protrude from the second concave portion 11c, and are caulked to the first concave portion 8a bent at the end portion of the side plate 8 so as to rise vertically from the plate surface. In this way, the side plate 8 is fixed to the outlet tank 6 in a state where the side plate 8 is disposed without projecting outward from the end face of the outlet tank 6.

  In FIG. 3, the seat plate member 11, the cover member 12, and the standing portions 8 b provided at both ends in the short width direction of the side plate 8 are disposed so as to be substantially flush with each other in cross section. The member 13 and the side plate 8 are provided with ribs 13a and 8c, respectively. As described above, the heater core 1 is formed so that the outer surface is not uneven as much as possible, so that the air leakage preventing effect when the air leakage preventing seal 2 is wound is sufficiently ensured. The seat plate member (not shown) of the inlet tank 4 is also joined to the side plate 8 with the same fixing structure as the seat plate member 11, but the description is omitted to avoid duplication of the description.

  4A and 4B show the vicinity of the joined portion between the side plate 8 and the seat plate member 11 in FIG. 3B, FIG. 4A is a plan view seen from the front side of the side plate 8, and FIG. 4B shows the seat plate member 11. It is the see-through | perspective side view seen from the right side of (A). As shown in FIG. 4A, the claw portions 11a and 11b are caulked in the first concave portion 8a using a caulking tool or the like, so that the side plate 8 and the seat plate member 11 are arranged in the short width direction (see FIG. 4) is effectively prevented from being displaced. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the claw portions 11a and 11b are formed in the second recess 11c, so that the claw portion of the seat plate member 11 is not provided with the second recess 11c. Compared with the case where it is formed so as to protrude from the end portion, the portion to be cut off in the cutting process can be small, and the amount of raw material used and the amount of waste can be reduced.

  FIGS. 5A and 5B show a process of pressing the first recess 8a against the seat plate member 11. FIG. 5A is a front view showing a state before press contact, and FIG. 5B is a front view showing a state after press contact. . Before the press contact shown in FIG. 5A, the first concave portion 8a is first obliquely raised from the plate surface of the side plate 8 at an elevation angle of 45 to 90 degrees. In this state, the side plate 8 is brought close to the outlet tank 6, and the first concave portion 8 a is pressed against the seat plate member 11. By performing such a pressure contact process, the first recess 8a and the seat plate member 11 come into close contact with each other, so that the side plate 8 and the outlet tank 6 are securely fixed.

  The heat exchanger and the manufacturing method thereof according to the present invention are applicable to various heat transfer tube laminated heat exchangers.

1 Heater core 2 Seal (packing)
3, 7 Piping connection part 4 Inlet tank 5 Heat transfer tube 6 Outlet tank 7 Temperature sensor 8, 9 Side plate 8a First recess 8b Standing part 8c, 13a Rib 11 Seat plate member 11a, 11b Claw part 11c Second part Recess 12 Cover member 13 Cap member 51 Upper case member 52 Lower case member 53 Storage space 54, 55 External piping 56 Holding member

Claims (9)

  An inlet tank provided on the inlet side through which the heat medium is fed through one external pipe, an outlet tank provided on the outlet side through which the heat medium is sent through another external pipe, and the inlet A plurality of heat transfer tubes that are stacked while the tank and the outlet tank are in communication with each other, provided on one end side in the stacking direction of the heat transfer tubes, and an end portion on one end side in the stacking direction of the inlet tank and the outlet tank A heat exchanger composed of a side plate joined to each other, wherein a claw portion is formed at an end portion on one end side in the stacking direction of at least one of the inlet tank and the outlet tank. A heat exchanger characterized by being caulked in a first recess provided at an end of a side plate.   The heat exchanger according to claim 1, wherein the claw portion is formed so as to protrude from a second concave portion formed at an end portion on one end side in the stacking direction of the inlet tank or the outlet tank.   The heat exchanger according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first concave portion is provided at an end portion of the side plate that is bent so as to rise vertically from a plate surface of the side plate.   The heat exchanger according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first recess is fixed in close contact with the inlet tank or the outlet tank.   The inlet tank or the outlet tank has a communication hole with the heat transfer tube and extends along the stacking direction, and a cover that extends along the stacking direction and forms a side surface of the tank together with the seat plate member The heat exchanger in any one of Claims 1-4 comprised from a member and the cap member which forms the said lamination direction end surface of a tank.   The heat exchanger according to claim 5, wherein the claw portion is formed on the seat plate member.   A claw at an end on one end side in the laminating direction on a seat plate member having a communication hole communicating with a plurality of laminated heat transfer tubes and extending along the laminating direction of the heat transfer tubes to form a part of a tank The heat exchanger is characterized in that a side plate having a first recess is disposed on one end side in the stacking direction of the heat transfer tube, and the claw is caulked on the first recess. Method.   The manufacturing method of the heat exchanger according to claim 7, wherein the claw portion is formed so as to protrude from a second concave portion formed at an end portion on one end side in the stacking direction on the seat plate member. The end of the side plate is bent, the first recess is raised obliquely from the plate surface, and after the first recess is pressed against the seat plate member, the claw is caulked to the first recess. Item 9. A method for producing a heat exchanger according to Item 7 or 8.

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