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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Takahiro Uno, Kariya, JP;
Takuya Mitsuhashi, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A heat exchanger includes tubes and a header tank. The header tank includes a core plate and a tank body. The core plate includes a tube connection surface and a receiving portion that houses an end portion of the tank body. The receiving portion includes a bottom wall and an inner wall that connects the bottom wall to the tube connection surface. The tube connection surface and the inner wall are connected to a rib. The rib is located between adjacent two tubes and inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction of the tubes. The rib includes one end connected to the tube connection surface and an other end connected to the inner wall. The tubes includes lateral ends in the width direction, and a clearance, which has a specified dimension, is defined between the inner wall and the lateral ends in the width direction.