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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2021
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoji Onaka, Tokyo, JP;
Rihito Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Nanami Kishida, Tokyo, JP;
Taisaku Gomyo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuji Saikusa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kibe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A corrugated fin of a heat exchanger is formed such that fin sections are joined together one after another in a tube axial direction of a plurality of flat heat-transfer tubes. Louvers in the fin sections of the corrugated fin are divided into a first louver group formed further upstream in a direction of flow of air than a drain slit in the corrugated fin and a second louver group formed further downstream in the direction of flow of air than the drain slit. Plate portions of the first louver group and plate portions of the second louver group are inclined to a flat-plate portion in the fin sections and inclined in respective directions that are opposite to each other. The drain slit includes a plurality of drain slits provided in a plurality of respective rows between the first louver group and the second louver group.