Collecting Tube and Heat Exchanger
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a collecting tube and a heat exchanger having the same. The collecting tube includes a housing provided with a plurality of collecting channels, wherein the plurality of collecting channels are disposed at intervals; wherein the housing is further provided with a plurality of connecting portions, and the plurality of connecting portions are disposed at intervals; and the plurality of connecting portions are in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of collecting channels, each of the plurality of connecting portions communicates with a corresponding one of the collecting channels, and the plurality of connecting portions are communicated with heat exchange flat tubes.
Claims
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1 . A collecting tube, comprising:
a housing provided with a plurality of collecting channels, wherein the plurality of collecting channels are disposed at intervals, wherein the housing is further provided with a plurality of connecting portions, and the plurality of connecting portions are disposed at intervals; and the plurality of connecting portions are in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of collecting channels, each of the plurality of connecting portions is communicated with a corresponding one of the plurality of collecting channels, and the plurality of connecting portions are configured to communicated with heat exchange flat tubes.
2 . The collecting tube as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of connecting portions comprises a plurality of connecting openings, and the plurality of connecting openings are disposed at intervals in an extension direction of the housing.
3 . The collecting tube as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the plurality of connecting portions are disposed at intervals in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the housing, a plurality of connecting openings of one of two adjacent connecting portions of the plurality of connecting portions are staggered with a plurality of connecting openings of the other of the two adjacent connecting portions of the plurality of connecting portions in the extension direction of the housing.
4 . The collecting tube as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
a first plate, the first plate being provided with a plurality of open slots, the plurality of open slots being disposed at intervals; and a second plate, the plurality of connecting portions being disposed on the second plate, the second plate being disposed on the first plate, the second plate being located at openings of the plurality of open slots, the plurality of collecting channels are surrounded by the first plate and the second plate.
5 . The collecting tube as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second plate is of a flat plate structure.
6 . The collecting tube as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first plate comprises a plurality of arc plates, and the plurality of arc plates are connected in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the housing;
wherein each of the plurality of arc plates is configured to form one of the plurality of collecting channels.
7 . The collecting tube as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing is of an integrally molded structure.
8 . The collecting tube as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of connecting openings is of a strip-shaped opening, and an extension direction of each of the plurality of connecting openings is perpendicular to the extension direction of the housing.
9 . A heat exchanger, comprising:
a heat exchange tube assembly; and collecting tubes connected with the heat exchange tube assembly, wherein the collecting tubes are as claimed in claim 1 .
10 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the heat exchange tube assembly comprises a first heat exchange flat tube; the first heat exchange flat tube comprises a first communication section, a body section, and a second communication section communicating in sequence; the first communication section is disposed at a first end of the body section, and the first communication section is located in a middle of the first end; the second communication section is disposed at a second end of the body section, and the second communication section is located in a middle part of the second end; and the first communication section and the second communication section are communicated with collecting channels of the collecting tubes.
11 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 10 , wherein that the collecting tube is provided with a first collecting channel, a second collecting channel and a third collecting channel, and the first collecting channel is disposed between the second collecting channel and the third collecting channel; and the heat exchange tube assembly further comprises: a second heat exchange flat tube and a third heat exchange flat tube, wherein the first heat exchange flat tube is communicated with the first collecting channel, the second heat exchange flat tube is communicated with the second collecting channel, and the third heat exchange flat tube is communicated with the third collecting channel.
12 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of connecting portions comprises a plurality of connecting openings, and the plurality of connecting openings are disposed at intervals in an extension direction of the housing.
13 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of connecting portions are disposed at intervals in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the housing, a plurality of connecting openings of one of two adjacent connecting portions of the plurality of connecting portions are staggered with a plurality of connecting openings of another one of the two adjacent connecting portions of the plurality of connecting portions in the extension direction of the housing.
14 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the housing comprises:
a first plate, the first plate being provided with a plurality of open slots, the plurality of open slots being disposed at intervals; and a second plate, the plurality of connecting portions being disposed on the second plate, the second plate being disposed on the first plate, the second plate being located at openings of the plurality of open slots, the plurality of collecting channels are surrounded by the first plate and the second plate.
15 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second plate is of a flat plate structure.
16 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first plate comprises a plurality of arc plates, and the plurality of arc plates are connected in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the housing;
wherein each of the plurality of arc plates is configured to form one of the plurality of collecting channels.
17 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the housing is of an integrally molded structure.
18 . The heat exchanger as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of connecting openings is of a strip-shaped opening, and an extension direction of each of the plurality of connecting openings is perpendicular to the extension direction of the housing.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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