US 11,988,452 B2
Heat exchanger
Junkyu Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Donghyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kangtae Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Yonghwa Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/309,297
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/017248
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/138756, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0168301 (KR), filed on Dec. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011048 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F28D 1/053 (2006.01); F28F 1/32 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F28F 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 1/05383 (2013.01) [F28F 1/325 (2013.01); F28F 9/0219 (2013.01); F28F 21/084 (2013.01); F28F 2215/08 (2013.01); F28F 2260/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger comprising:
a first header including a first mouth and a second mouth;
a second header disposed parallel to the first header;
a tube assembly configured to connect the first header and the second header, the tube assembly including a plurality of first tubes configured to flow a refrigerant introduced from the first mouth in a first direction in which the second header is located and a plurality of second tubes that are continuously disposed with the plurality of first tubes and configured to flow the refrigerant introduced from the second header in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and
a plurality of heat exchange fins including a plurality of insertion portions into which the plurality of first tubes and the plurality of second tubes are inserted and heat exchange surfaces provided between the plurality of insertion portions,
wherein the plurality of heat exchange fins includes a first heat exchange fins adj acent to the first header among the plurality of heat exchange fins and a second heat exchange fins adjacent to the second header,
wherein heat exchange surfaces of the first heat exchange fins include a first surface on which a louver is formed and a second surface flatly formed without the louver and
heat exchange surfaces of the second heat exchange fins include only the first surface.