Invention Grant
- Patent Title: 3D printed heat exchanger
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Application No.: US15607911Application Date: 2017-05-30
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Publication No.: US10406601B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Kevin L. Martin , Vivek Sundararaj , Paul Arthur Zwart , Ryan Antony Lozier , Steven R. Storm
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Law Office of Kurt J. Fugman LLC
- Main IPC: B21D53/02
- IPC: B21D53/02 ; B05C19/04 ; B22F7/02 ; F28F3/02 ; F28F3/12 ; F28D9/00 ; E02F9/22 ; F01M5/00 ; B22F5/10 ; B33Y80/00 ; F28D7/02 ; F28D7/04 ; F28F1/12 ; F28F1/32 ; F28F1/10 ; F28F1/22 ; F28F1/42 ; F28F1/36 ; F28F1/14 ; F28D21/00 ; B22F3/00 ; B22F3/105 ; B33Y10/00

Abstract:
A heat exchanger comprises a seamless body, and the seamless body may include a substantially cylindrical configuration defining a radial direction, a circumferential direction, a longitudinal axis, a first cylindrical wall and a plurality of fins. Each fin may extend at least partially in the radial direction and helically along the longitudinal axis. Also, each fin may be at least partially hollow defining an internal flow passage, and each fin of the plurality of fins may be at least partially spaced away from an adjacent fin, defining an external flow passage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180345353A1 3D PRINTED HEAT EXCHANGER Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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