With Vehicle Feature Patents (Class 165/41)
  • Publication number: 20110005708
    Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a pair of first and second partitioning members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Seto, Takesi Habasita
  • Publication number: 20110000637
    Abstract: To provide a heat exchanger assembly for a construction machine, which can facilitate attachment/detachment work of dustproof nets and can attach the dustproof nets with suppressed flapping. A heat exchanger assembly for a construction machine is provided with heat exchangers mounted on a frame for cooling a drive source mounted on the frame, a fan mounted on the frame for supplying cooling air to the heat exchangers, and dustproof nets arranged upstream of the heat exchangers in a flow of the cooling air produced by the fan. The dustproof nets are each provided with a net section held taut within a frame section, and a clipping part attached to the frame section. The clipping part is arranged such that it can be releasably fastened to a clipped part arranged on the corresponding heat exchanger. The clipping part is provided at its end portion with a bent portion. At least one of the bent portion 34e and the clipped part is provided with an elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng Chang, Tamio Kobayashi, Kensuke Sato
  • Patent number: 7845392
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly has a first heat exchanger with a first heat radiating area receiving a first cooling fluid, a second heat exchanger with a second heat radiating area receiving a second cooling fluid and a third heat radiating area receiving a third cooling fluid. In use, the difference in temperature between the first cooling fluid entering and exiting the first heat radiating area is greater than the difference in temperature between the second cooling fluid entering and exiting the second heat radiating area and greater than the difference in temperature between the third cooling fluid entering and exiting the third heat radiating area. The temperature of the second cooling fluid flowing through the second heat radiating area is higher than the temperature of the third cooling fluid flowing through the third heat radiating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michiko Morita
  • Publication number: 20100300644
    Abstract: A temperature control system includes an air duct, an air-blowing device, a seat back temperature control unit, and a seat cushion temperature control unit. The air-blowing device urges air to flow through the air duct. The seat back temperature control unit and the seat cushion temperature control unit performs heat exchanges between air flowing in the air duct and air supplied to a seat back and air supplied to a seat cushion, respectively. The air duct forms a single air passage passing by the seat back temperature control unit and the seat cushion temperature control unit so that the air flowing in the air duct undergoes heat exchange with one of the seat back temperature control unit and the seat cushion temperature control unit and then undergoes heat exchange with the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Sang-ho Chung
  • Patent number: 7841382
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for cooling components in spacecraft, comprising a heat radiator (5) and a heat conductor (3; 3a, 3b). A versatile applicability is achieved in such a way that the heat conductor (3, 3a, 3b) penetrates an outside wall (1) of the spacecraft and is provided in the interior of the spacecraft with several coupling places (8) for components to be cooled (20) and/or for other heat conductors (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventors: Nikolai Korpan, Jaroslav Zharkov, Volodymyr Leshchenko
  • Publication number: 20100294846
    Abstract: A transportation trailer having a moving floor including a plurality of reciprocating slats for loading/unloading materials into the trailer. The trailer includes a system for warming the moving floor when the materials transported in the trailer freeze on the slats in cold weather. Using the pre-existing hollow structure of the slats, a stream of hot fluid or a hot fluid pipe is run inside the slats for thawing the frozen materials for unloading the trailer. The hot fluid may be provided from a hot fluid source on board of the trailer, for thawing the frozen materials while the trailer is on its way to the unloading site, or may be provided separately at the unloading site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Kloepfer
  • Patent number: 7836964
    Abstract: An all-terrain fire fighting apparatus has a high power-to-weight ratio, a hydraulic skid steer drive system, a drive-by-wire control system, a proportionally joystick controlled nozzle turret, and a 1500 psi foam injecting water supply system which supplies the nozzle turret and a high-pressure hose mounted on a reel. To dissipate heat load from the fire fighting apparatus systems, the fire fighting apparatus cooling system employs a cooling shroud in the form of a box with multiple system radiators stacked on one face of the box and the remaining faces containing exhaust fans mounted to draw air out of the box and through the stacked heat exchangers. The fire fighting apparatus is capable of being operated remotely by means of onboard GPS, real-time imaging, and inputs to the joystick controller and fire fighting apparatus drive-by-wire system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Orbital Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Rory L. Groonwald, Kristofor S. Cozart
  • Patent number: 7832467
    Abstract: An oil cooler for a motor vehicle includes a fluid inlet tank and a fluid outlet tank. A plurality of heat transfer tubes provides constant fluid communication between the inlet tank and the outlet tank. A bypass arrangement provides additional fluid communication between the fluid inlet tank and the fluid outlet tank under a first operating condition and the bypass arrangement precludes additional fluid communication between the inlet tank and the outlet tank under a second operating condition. The bypass arrangement may include a bypass tube and an element for selectively blocking the bypass tube. The element for selectively blocking the bypass tube may be automatically response to a change in oil temperature or a change in oil pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: EDC Automotive, LLC
    Inventors: George Moser, Gordon Sommer, Adam Ostapowicz
  • Patent number: 7828050
    Abstract: A vehicle seat air-conditioner includes a seat on which an occupant sits, a seat temperature adjustment device that adjusts the temperature of a conditioned gas, a blower that supplies the conditioned gas to the seat, a seat covering layer provided on a surface of the seat and facing the seated occupant, and a flow channel provided on an underside of the seat covering layer that pass the conditioned gas that is introduced by the blower. The vehicle seat air-conditioner is adapted to convey heat of the conditioned gas to an occupant side of the seat covering layer by directly blowing out a portion of the introduced conditioned gas to the occupant side of the seat covering layer, and to perform heat exchange with the occupant side of the seat covering layer by circulating a portion of a remainder of the conditioned gas through the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidenori Esaki
  • Patent number: 7823624
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a main heat exchange housing, a cooling air inlet line and a hot air inlet line to bring a cooling airflow and a hot airflow in the main housing. A heat pre-exchanger is disposed upstream from the main housing, the heat pre-exchanger being able to be crossed by the cooling airflow and the hot airflow prior to the main housing. The invention also relates to a propulsion unit and an aircraft comprising such a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Airbus France
    Inventor: Herve Marche
  • Patent number: 7814963
    Abstract: A cooling system for a work vehicle is disclosed that includes first and second heat exchangers disposed one above the other to create two discrete flow paths. The upper heat exchanger is an engine water cooler and the lower heat exchanger may be an intercooler, an oil cooler or a refrigerant condenser. The lower heat exchanger is disposed forward of the upper heat exchanger. Additional heat exchangers may be positioned in front of the first and second heat exchangers to provide additional cooling. The first and second heat exchanger may be cross-flow heat exchangers conducting the fluid to be cooled laterally through the core of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventors: William H. Adamson, Stephen M. Balcom, Daniel A. Morey, Daniel M. Ruedinger
  • Publication number: 20100258264
    Abstract: A thermal transfer means comprising, fluidly in series: a fluid supply conduit having a fluid inlet (41) adapted for connection to receive fluid from an outlet of a heat source; a heat exchanger (40) comprising a heat exchanger tube having at least one heat exchanger element disposed thereon; and a fluid delivery conduit (42) having a fluid outlet adapted for connection to deliver fluid to an inlet of a heat source. The fluid supply conduit, heat exchanger tube and fluid delivery conduit are integrally formed from a common tube formation fabricated from a single material. The thermal transfer means is suitable for inclusion into a thermal transfer system, for example on a vehicle, for example to serve as an integral cooling line and/or space heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Paul Northover
  • Publication number: 20100243200
    Abstract: A heat exchanger module configured for use in a vapor compression based climate control system including a suction line heat exchanger having a plurality of stacked plates configured to accommodate two separate fluid flow paths for heat exchange therebetween. The heat exchanger also includes a first inlet for flow of a high pressure subcooled fluid from a condenser to the module along a first fluid flow path, a first outlet for flow of a low pressure superheated fluid from the module to a compressor along a second fluid flow path, a second outlet for flow of the subcooled fluid from the module to an evaporator along a third fluid flow path, and a second inlet for flow of the low pressure superheated fluid from the evaporator to the module along a fourth fluid flow path. The module also includes a port block with a first conduit for the third fluid flow path and a second conduit for the fourth fluid flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: George Allen Baker, JR., Jianmin Yin, David J. Garski, Stephen B. Memory, Mark R. Hoehne, Gregory G. Hughes, Kylie L. Levake, Joel T. Casterton, James W. Ryan, Marvin A. Dokter, Robert A. Willette
  • Publication number: 20100243199
    Abstract: A case for a heating, ventilating and cooling system may include a shell and a plurality of fins. The shell may define an interior volume and may include an air inlet, a first air outlet and a second air outlet. The interior volume may define an airflow path between the air inlet and the first and second air outlets. The shell may be in fluid communication with a blower. The plurality of fins may be disposed in the airflow path between the air inlet and the first and second outlets. The plurality of fins may extend into the interior volume and distribute a first predetermined airflow amount to the first air outlet and a second predetermined airflow amount to the second air outlet. A temperature of the first predetermined airflow amount may be substantially equal, or different by a predetermined amount, to a temperature of the second predetermined airflow amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. DiGasbarro, Simon Kehimkar
  • Patent number: 7794314
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent vibration of a sliding door within a guide groove through a fundamental review of the structures adopted in sliding door devices in the related art having a sliding door made to move along a direction intersecting an air flow path to control the flow rate or direction of air within the air flow path. The present invention is characterized in that a tension-applying means is disposed at a sliding unit of a sliding door, which is inserted at a guide groove formed on the inside of an air-conditioner case to apply tension between the sliding unit and the guide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Valeo Thermal Systems Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekiya, Yutaka Teruya, Toshio Tsubakida, Daisuke Araki
  • Patent number: 7793707
    Abstract: A fluid cooling device embodied as a modular unit includes a drive motor (10) driving a ventilation wheel (12) and a fluid pump (14) that supplies a first type of fluid into a fluid system, and leads to a heat exchanger (22) from which the fluid is redirected into the fluid system in a tempered manner. A second fluid pump (32) is used to extract a second type of fluid from the reservoir (30) and to supply the second type of fluid to a second fluid system, from which the second type of liquid is redirected towards the reservoir (30) in a guiding manner via the first heat exchanger (22) and the second heat exchanger (24). The second fluid pump enables different tempering operations to be carried out for separate fluid systems, using only one fluid cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Hydac System GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Klein, Andreas Welsch
  • Publication number: 20100212857
    Abstract: A system for cooling and adjusting the temperature of apparatuses in the propulsion assembly of an aircraft, that includes first means for heat exchange between lubrication circuits of at least two of the aforementioned apparatuses and a heat-carrier fluid contained in a closed circuit, a second means for heat exchange between the heat-carrier fluid and at least one coolant, the first heat exchange means being arranged locally at each of the aforementioned apparatuses, the second heat exchange means being remote from the aforementioned first means, the closed circuit extending between at least two of the aforementioned apparatuses and the aforementioned second means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Guillaume Bulin, Stephane Pugliese, Christian Fabre, Patrick Oberle
  • Patent number: 7779639
    Abstract: A heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed, the HVAC system including at least one thermoelectric device for providing supplemental heating and cooling for air supplied to a passenger compartment of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the HVAC system has at least a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit can be configured to remove heat from an electric side of a hybrid vehicle. The second circuit can be configured to remove heat from a fuel-fed side of a hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: BSST LLC
    Inventor: Lakhi Nandlal Goenka
  • Patent number: 7775268
    Abstract: A vehicle cooling system comprises a vehicle unit, a heat exchanger, a cooling fan, a coolant pump, a three-way valve, and a control unit. The heat exchanger is arranged in the coolant route to selectively receive a coolant from the coolant outlet of the vehicle unit. The cooling fan is arranged to blow cooling air to the heat exchanger. The coolant pump is arranged to circulate the coolant through the coolant route. The three-way valve is arranged to switch the coolant route between a heat exchanger route that passes through the heat exchanger and a bypass route that bypasses the heat exchanger. The control unit is configured to control operation of at least one of the cooling fan, the three-way valve and the coolant pump based on a temperature of the coolant at the heat exchanger and a temperature of the coolant at the coolant outlet of the vehicle unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Yousuke Sato, Takayuki Ishikawa, Mitsuru Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20100200190
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for cooling an energy accumulator in a rail vehicle, using air. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, the air is fed to the energy accumulator directly from an already cooled or air-conditioned area of the rail vehicle. This occurs in particular when the temperature of the area is lower than the external temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Eckert, Michael Meinert, Karsten Rechenberg
  • Patent number: 7766247
    Abstract: A diesel/electric appliance for heating coolant within an auxiliary heater circuit and for heating potable water within a potable water circuit. The appliance includes a diesel powered auxiliary heater and a coolant jacket surrounding the burner of the auxiliary heater. Electrical resistance elements are immersed within the coolant jacket to maintain the temperature of the potable water circuit by transferring heat through a heat exchanger to the potable water circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: International Thermal Investments Ltd.
    Inventors: Bruce Conrad Wilnechenko, Edgar C. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20100186925
    Abstract: A radiator includes a heat exchanger, an upper auxiliary tank, a lower auxiliary tank, an upper main tank and a lower main tank. The upper auxiliary tank is mounted on an upper surface of the heat exchanger. The lower auxiliary tank is mounted on a lower surface of the heat exchanger. The upper main tank is arranged at the substantially same height as the upper auxiliary tank and at an offset position relative to the upper auxiliary tank in the plan view. The upper main tank is connected to the upper auxiliary tank via a coolant water conduit pipe, and has a coolant water inlet on a lower surface thereof. The lower main tank is arranged under the upper main tank at an offset position relative to the upper main tank in the plan view, and is connected to the lower auxiliary tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Suzuki, Taira Ozaki, Akihito Oonishi, Shigeru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7762499
    Abstract: A satellite thermal management system for dissipating excess heat generated within a satellite. The thermal management system includes a central platform for mounting heat dissipating components. A first thermal radiator panel and a second thermal radiator panel are mounted to the central platform. The first thermal radiator panel is arranged to face East when the satellite is in orbit. The second thermal radiator panel is arranged to face West when the satellite is in orbit. The first and second thermal radiator panels are thermally coupled to the central platform and are configured to radiate heat dissipated by the heat dissipating component mounted on the central platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Hentosh, John Lafergola
  • Publication number: 20100181128
    Abstract: A material handling vehicle includes a cyclonic motor cooling system for a motor compartment that accommodates an ergonomically designed operator compartment. Together, the motor compartment and cyclonic motor cooling system include a generally cylindrical housing with a tangentially arranged cooling air injection port at a lower end and exhaust port at a radially and axially opposite end. An air blower directs cooling air into the compartment where a cyclonic cooling air flow and a vortex cooling flow is produced. The cyclonic air flow cools more effectively than conventional linear air flow while also reducing dust contamination and buildup of the motors in the motor compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Michael George Field
  • Publication number: 20100181061
    Abstract: An air-conditioner for blowing out conditioned air independently to right and left sides. of a vehicle includes a unit casing, a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger provided in the unit casing, a control device, and right and left conditioning units each having a front duct to blow out conditioned air toward a front seat, a rear duct to blow out conditioned air toward a front seat, and a front/rear switching door to switch between a front state where the conditioned air is blown out via the front duct to the front seat and a rear state where the conditioned air is blown out via the rear duct to the rear seat. The control device sets one of the front/rear switching doors to the front state and the other of the front/rear switching doors to the rear state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Yukio Ozeki
  • Patent number: 7753152
    Abstract: In a bulldozer, a radiator module is separated from an engine and is disposed on the rear of the bulldozer. Louver plates on the upper portion of a grill are installed so as to cover the outside of the radiator module and point in a substantially horizontal direction. Louver plates on the lower portion of the grill point diagonally upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Nakae, Karl R. Dommert
  • Patent number: 7753105
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle comprises a radiator and a liquid cooled condenser in fluid communication with the radiator. The liquid coolant circulates through the radiator and the condenser. The refrigerant for an HVAC unit also circulates through the condenser, with the condenser transferring heat from the refrigerant to the liquid coolant. The heat exchanger is disposed within the condenser and is in fluid communication with an engine for circulating an engine oil therebetween. The heat exchanger transfers heat from the engine oil to the liquid coolant within the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James A Acre
  • Publication number: 20100163209
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit capable of suppressing a low frequency noise and a vehicle air conditioning apparatus are provided. The air conditioning unit includes a fan (9) for supplying air, a heat exchanger (7) for performing heat exchange between the air supplied from the fan (9), a first flow passage (13) for guiding the air supplied from the fan (9) in a direction along a surface of the heat exchanger (7), and a second flow passage (15) for turning the flow direction of the air passed through the first flow passage (13) in a direction intersecting the surface of the heat exchanger (7), wherein a projecting portion (25, 27) is disposed to the confronting surface (19) of the second flow passage (15) confronting the heat exchanger (7) so as to project toward the heat exchanger (7) as well as to extend in a direction along the air flow in the first flow passage (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Eguchi, Atsushi Suzuki, Tetsuo Tominaga, Mitsuhiro Nakao, Hajime Izumi
  • Publication number: 20100155013
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to ventilate an engine compartment of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin G. Braun, Steven R. Sass, Andrew J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20100155014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system which is used to cool at least one piece of motor vehicle equipment to a low temperature, comprising a heat transfer fluid circulation loop. According to the invention, a low-temperature heat exchanger (60) and at least one equipment exchanger (102) are mounted to the aforementioned circulation loop. The heat exchange surface of the equipment exchanger (102) is divided into at least first and second heat exchange sections (104,106). A first flow (Q<SB>1</SB>) of heat-transfer fluid passes through the first heat exchange section (104), while a second smaller flow (Q2) passes through the second section. The invention is suitable for motor vehicle heat exchangers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Pascal Guerrero, Srun-Ngy Ap, Philippe Jouanny
  • Patent number: 7740053
    Abstract: A method of maintaining a space in a means of transport, such as a vehicle, at a desired temperature. The vehicle is provided with a storage tank containing a medium having a suitable temperature. According to the invention the storage tank is part of the transport means, the storage tank possesses an inlet opening for increasing the capacity for maintaining the space at the desired temperature, and is thus achieved; i) by feeding through the inlet opening a regenerating medium-comprising liquid and, after heat exchange between the regenerating medium and the medium, discharging the regenerating medium-comprising liquid; or ii) by via the inlet opening replacing the medium in the storage tank comprising liquid with medium-comprising liquid having a greater capacity of maintaining the space at the desired temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ECOFYS B.V.
    Inventors: Joannes Jozef Gerardus Opdam, Anne-Sophie Van der Waart
  • Publication number: 20100139631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger with at least one duct, which can be flowed through by flowing medium from an inlet cross-section to an outlet cross-section, has an inside and outside, and which comprises, on the inside, structural elements for increasing the transfer of heat. The invention provides that the structural elements (11) are variably arranged and/or configured in the direction of flow (P) so that the duct (10), on the inside, has a variable heat transfer that, in particular, increases in the direction of flow (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: BEHR GMBH & CO, KG
    Inventors: Peter Geskes, Ulrich Maucher, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20100132915
    Abstract: A cooling system for removing heat generated by electrical components onboard aerospace vehicles flows coolant between an evaporator that removes heat from the component, and a condenser within the skin of the vehicle. The skin is formed from facesheets comprising multiple layers of polymer resin reinforced with meshes of single and double wall nanotubes. The nanotubes conduct the heat directionally so as to both distribute the heat over the skin and direct the heat to the outer surface of the skin where the heat can be carried away by air flowing over the skin. The skin may also include conductive carbon foam surrounding the condenser to reduce thermal resistance between the condenser and the facesheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: David E. Blanding
  • Publication number: 20100132916
    Abstract: A supplemental heating apparatus for use in conjunction with the coolant system of a truck engine provides a supplemental source of heat energy to the heat exchanger within a tanker trailer. The supplemental heating apparatus is activated when the truck engine is shut-off. A control system undertakes a testing cycle in which a circulator pulls coolant out of the tanker trailer and the temperature of the coolant is sensed after a delay of time so that the coolant from within the heat exchanger is tested. The burner draws fuel from the truck's fuel tanks to provide heat energy when the sensed temperature is below a threshold. The coolant is circulated between the boiler associated with the burner and the heat exchanger until the return coolant is raised above a second threshold. The testing cycle continues through a loop of a predetermined duration independent of the activation of the heating cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Norman M. Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20100126692
    Abstract: An integrated hybrid heat exchanger with a multi-sectional structure, may include a first radiator and a second radiator, and/or at least a coolant bypass member disposed between the first and second radiators, the coolant bypass member connecting one end portion of the first radiator and the other end portion of the second radiator so as to fluid-communicate between the first radiator and the second radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Eun Ki Min, Byoung Sun Cho, Yong Woong Cha, Jae Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 7717160
    Abstract: A transmission/heat exchanger unit includes a transmission having an input and at least one output and a heat exchanger, which is assigned to the output side of the transmission and is connected to said transmission at least indirectly via connecting lines. A duct or ducts route fuel, and is/are integrated in the case of the transmission, and extend(s) at least over part of the axial extent of the case to an end face of the transmission on the output side. A retaining device is provided for fastening the heat exchanger to the end face of the case of the transmission on the output side. The connecting lines that couple the fuel-routing duct or ducts in the transmission with the heat exchanger are integrated in the retaining device. Complementary connections of a standard type and size, which are located on the retaining device and the transmission case, are provided for fuel routing and for fastening the retaining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Busch
  • Publication number: 20100116458
    Abstract: An integrated hybrid heat exchanger may include a first radiator and a second radiator disposed up and down in parallel, a first radiator tank connected to both first end portions of the first and second radiators in common, a first baffle installed in the first radiator tank and separating an inner space of the first radiator tank into an upper space and a lower space, wherein the upper and lower spaces of the first radiator tank include a coolant inlet respectively and a first air bypass member having a passage therein, the first air bypass member installed on the first baffle and extending upwards with a predetermined length and configured to remove bubbles collected in the lower space of the first radiator tank through the passage of the first air bypass member by pressure difference between the upper and lower spaces of the first radiator tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jae Yeon KIM
  • Patent number: 7703282
    Abstract: The heat exchanger of the present invention has a charge air cooler stacked upstream of a jacket water cooler. The charge air cooler is split into two sections. Each section has a vertical tank and header on the outside of the charge air cooler. Charge air enters the respective tanks and then horizontally flows to a vertical center tank, where it flows vertically to the outlet, and is routed to the engine. Maximum entering temperature differentials in the charge air cooler occurs at the sides of the cooler, as does maximum heat energy transfer. The air passing through the middle of the charge air cooler (adjacent the vertical center tank) gains the least amount of heat energy. The jacket water cooler can be a vertical flow cooler. A significant portion of the jacket water cooler at the middle of the jacket water cooler operates at increased entering temperature differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: IEA, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Paul Meissner, Randall Lee Chartrand
  • Patent number: 7703730
    Abstract: A fastening system fastens a radiator, an electric fan support and a fan shroud as a single unit. The radiator has lower and upper posts to which slotted plates protruding from the fan support and fan shroud fit over. A structural sandwich is formed with the fan support lying between the radiator and the fan shroud. A flexible lever arm with a locking tab lies adjacent to the upper post of the radiator and connects to the radiator. When the fan support is fitted over the posts, the top plate of the electric fan support locks under the first lever arm tab. The fan shroud also has two slotted plates that also fit over the posts of the radiator. The fan shroud locks into place when a lever arm with a tab on the fan shroud locks under a tab that protrudes from the top plate of the fan support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Best, Jr., Christopher Wisniewski, Sang Bae Park
  • Publication number: 20100096101
    Abstract: The present invention provides a charge air cooler for transferring heat between a coolant and charge air including a charge air inlet tank, a charge air outlet tank spaced from the inlet tank, a housing connecting the inlet and outlet tanks to define a charge air flow path from the inlet tank to the outlet tank, and a plurality of plate pairs extending into the charge air flow path from, and substantially perpendicular to, a first wall of the housing. Each of the plate pairs can define a multi-pass path for the coolant. Elongated spacers can be positioned between adjacent plate pairs to define the first wall of the housing. The housing can include a second wall opposite the first wall, and the plate pairs can be spaced away from the second wall in order to accommodate differences in thermal expansion between the plate pairs and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Jason J. Braun, Kevin G. Clabots, Be A. Ware, Joey D. Brown, David E. Janke, Robert M. Melby
  • Publication number: 20100089546
    Abstract: A shielded heat exchanger and method of use in a vehicle is disclosed. The shielded heat exchanger may comprise a pair of spaced apart headers configured to contain a fluid flowing through the shielded heat exchanger, and a shielded tube. The shielded tube extends between the pair of headers and has a front edge. The shielded tube includes a flowing channel that operatively engages the headers for fluid flow through the flowing channel between the headers and a shielding channel extending parallel to the flowing channel between the headers along the front edge of the shielding tube, with the shielding channel configured to prevent flow of the fluid from the headers into the shielding channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tito G. Perez, Julio A. Cortes
  • Publication number: 20100084112
    Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an electrical power storage unit. The engine and power storage unit are configured to provide motive power for the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a heater core in fluid communication with the engine, power storage unit and vehicle's cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Piccard, Jin Wang, Kevin Lloyd Newman, Raymond C. Siciak
  • Publication number: 20100084111
    Abstract: A liquid to liquid heat exchanger for a marine engine cooling system disposes a tube bundle within a non-metallic shell, provides a thermostat within an integral portion of the shell, uses bolts that both push and pull respective end caps when rotated, and in one embodiment provides an integral deaeration reservoir to remove entrained gases from a liquid of a closed cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew W. Jaeger, Brian D. Simpson, Ritchie C. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20100051228
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger which is divided into two regions through which heat exchange medium is flowed and an inlet side and an outlet side are integrally formed so as to simplify a construction thereof using a header tank of a double-tube structure type, and in which a flow control valve having a single body is disposed at one side of the heat exchanger so as to facilely control an amount of the heat exchange medium bypassed or flowed into each region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: HANNA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventor: Seong Seok Han
  • Patent number: 7669640
    Abstract: A casing houses a heat exchanger in a vehicle HVAC system. The heat exchanger includes air inlet and air outlet faces, rear end and front end faces, and first and second side faces. The side faces are each capped with a radiator tank comprising a front end. Each radiator tank defines an orifice for connection to a heat transfer fluid supply circuit. The casing includes a front end wall defining an opening opposite the front end face of the heat-exchanger. The casing also includes a cover defining at least two passages adapted to suit the orifices of the radiator tanks and fixedly attached to the front end wall. The cover also includes seals for limiting the outlet of air via the opening and/or the passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Valeo Climatisation S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Vincent, Gilbert Terranova, Thomas Carton
  • Publication number: 20100038051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combined thermal protection and surface temperature control apparatus. In one embodiment, a combined thermal protection and surface temperature control apparatus comprises a porous member having an entrance side, a separate exit side, and a plurality of thermally conductive plugs disposed in the porous member. One or more coolant entrance channels extend through the entrance side, extend part-way through the porous member, and end within the porous member before reaching the exit side. Conversely, one or more coolant exit channels begin within the porous member, extend through a portion of the porous member, and extend through the exit side. The coolant entrance and exit channels may be parallel and may alternate. The channels may only extend across a portion of the thickness of the porous member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William W. Behrens, Andrew R. Tucker
  • Publication number: 20100037415
    Abstract: A windshield washer fluid heater having a housing which defines a housing chamber. A subhousing is disposed in the housing chamber. This subhousing is constructed of a thermally conductive material and divides the housing chamber into an outer housing chamber between the housing and the subhousing, and an inner housing chamber inside the subchamber. The outer housing chamber and inner housing chambers are fluidly isolated from each other. A core is disposed in the inner housing chamber thus forming an annular fluid chamber between the core and the subhousing. A washer fluid inlet on the housing is open to one end of the annular chamber while a washer fluid outlet at the other end is open to the other end of the annular chamber An engine coolant inlet is open to the outer chamber while an engine coolant outlet is also open to the outer chamber at a position spaced from the inlet so that fluid flow into the coolant inlet flows through the outer housing chamber and to the coolant outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Jere R. Lansinger
  • Publication number: 20100032130
    Abstract: The invention concerns a large vehicle 200 comprising a passenger compartment 210 which is equipped with at least one long heating element 300 which is arranged to operatively heat passengers and the passenger compartment 210 The heating element 300 comprises of: at least two exothermic channels 310, 320 which are designed to enclose a flow of hot fluid, and at least one exothermic intermediate section 330 which joins the aforementioned two channels, 310, 320 so that the channels 310, 320 and intermediate section 330 extend principally parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Vehtec AB
    Inventor: Johan Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20100025006
    Abstract: A method for managing thermal loads within an electric vehicle using an efficient thermal management system (100) that utilizes a single heat exchanger (133) is provided. A refrigeration subsystem (103) cools the heat exchanger (133). A first coolant loop (139) in thermal communication with the heat exchanger (133) is used to cool the energy storage system (137). A second coolant loop (151) corresponding to the HVAC subsystem (107) is also in thermal communication with the heat exchanger (133). Preferably a third coolant loop (109) corresponding to the drive motor cooling subsystem (101) is coupleable to the HVAC coolant loop (151), thus providing an efficient means of providing heat to the HVAC subsystem (107).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventor: Peng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20100013331
    Abstract: Inside a housing, there are provided a motor generator (MG), an IPM, and a smoothing capacitor. Between the MG and the IPM, there is provided a cooler through which a coolant liquid flows, provided in an inclined manner to form contact with the top face of the IPM. Between the MG and the smoothing capacitor, there are provided a first communication channel through which an LLC flows from a region outside the housing into the cooler, brought into contact with a lateral face of the smoothing capacitor, and a second communication channel through which the LLC flows from the interior of the cooler to the region outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadafumi Yoshida, Masaki Yoshino, Yutaka Hotta