US 12,138,987 B2
Heat exchanger
Timo Feldkeller, Asperg (DE)
Assigned to Mahle International GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,186.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 208 924.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050237 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F28D 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00321 (2013.01) [F28D 9/0093 (2013.01); B60H 1/00385 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plate-type heat exchanger comprising:
at least two plates stacked on top of each other as a stack and connected to each other in a sealed manner; and
at least one fluid channel being formed between adjacent plates,
wherein the stack of plates are divided into a first stack region and into a second stack region,
wherein the first stack region forms an evaporator having first fluid channels and second fluid channels, and
wherein the second stack region forms an internal heat exchanger having third fluid channels and fourth fluid channels.