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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2014
Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp., Daejeon, KR;
Orest Alexandru Dziubinschi, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kastriot Shaska, Northville, MI (US);
Brian James Cardwell, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Hanon Systems, Daejeon-si, KR;
Abstract
A charge air cooler for use with a turbocharged engine system of a motor vehicle includes an outlet tank in fluid communication with a heat exchanger core. A condensation separator comprising an array of baffle plates is disposed adjacent a fluid outlet of the outlet tank. The baffle plates are spaced apart from each other and each of the baffle plates includes an alternating pattern of ridges and grooves formed therein to form a tortuous flow channel between adjacent ones of the baffle plates. The tortuous flow channels cause liquid water originating from the heat exchanger core and flowing through the condensation separator to encounter a surface of the baffle plates before exiting the fluid outlet. The baffle plates may be covered with a surface feature adapted to capture or absorb the liquid water, thereby preventing an undesired quantity of liquid water from entering the engine of the motor vehicle.