US 12,215,916 B2
Heat exchanger assembly for a refrigeration device, and refrigeration device comprising same
Felix Wiedenmann, Oepfingen (DE); and Ming Zhang, Ulm (DE)
Assigned to BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/923,034
Filed by BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/060935
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224060, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 205 750.8 (DE), filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221056 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 21/14 (2006.01); F25B 39/04 (2006.01); F28D 1/02 (2006.01); F28F 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 21/14 (2013.01) [F25B 39/04 (2013.01); F28D 1/024 (2013.01); F28F 17/005 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger assembly for a refrigeration appliance, the heat exchanger assembly comprising:
a condensation pan for receiving condensate discharged from a refrigerator compartment of the refrigeration appliance; and
a heat exchanger with a housing, said housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening;
a refrigerant pipe arrangement arranged in said inlet opening of said housing and a fan arranged in said outlet opening of said housing; and
a sealing plate projecting from said housing and protruding into said condensation pan; and
wherein said condensation pan has a bottom and a peripheral wall projecting from the bottom, wherein said sealing plate extends between opposing portions of said peripheral wall, and wherein a bottom gap is formed between said bottom and an end of said sealing plate.