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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2022
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoji Onaka, Tokyo, JP;
Rihito Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Nanami Kishida, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuji Saikusa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Kibe, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat exchanger includes heat transfer tubes and a fin disposed between the heat transfer tubes. The fin includes a fin portion defining a flat surface and one or more heat transfer promoter groups including heat transfer promoters. The heat transfer promoters extend from one adjacent heat transfer tube to the other adjacent heat transfer tube and slope relative to the fin portion. The heat transfer promoters include a first heat transfer promoter disposed most upstream in the air flow direction. A first drain space is provided between the first heat transfer promoter and an air upstream part of the fin portion that is located closest to and upstream of the first heat transfer promoter in the air flow direction. A second drain space is provided between the heat transfer promoters that are adjacent. The first drain space has a larger area than the second drain space.