Air conditioning device for a driving cabin, in particular of a railway vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10322730-B2
Application number	US-201615275546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

The air conditioning device (10) includes a heat exchanger (12) intended to exchange heat with the air circulating in the air conditioning device (10), and an air distribution box (14), extending in a longitudinal direction (X) between a front part (14A) and a rear part (14B), and in a transverse direction between two side parts (14C). The distribution box is fastened to a ceiling (5) of the driving cabin (1), and comprises: in its front part (14A), a front inlet (16) for air coming from the cabin (1), connected upstream from the heat exchanger (12), and in each of its side parts (14C), a respective side outlet (18) for conditioned air, connected downstream from the heat exchanger (12).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioning device for a driving cabin, including a heat exchanger intended to exchange heat with the air circulating in the air conditioning device, wherein it includes an air distribution box, extending in a longitudinal direction between a front part and a rear part, and extending in a transverse direction between two side parts, the air distribution box being intended to be fastened to a ceiling of the driving cabin, and comprising:
in the front part, a front air inlet for air coming from the driving cabin, connected upstream from the heat exchanger, and
in each of the side parts, a respective side air outlet for conditioned air, connected downstream from the heat exchanger, and
wherein:
each side air outlet includes a first member directing the flow of air, able to give the stream of air blown by that side outlet a respective first predefined air blowing direction,
for each side air outlet, the corresponding first predefined air blowing direction forms an angle comprised between 20 and 25° with respect to a transverse plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the conditioned air flow being oriented toward the front, and
for each side air outlet, the corresponding first predefined air blowing direction forms an angle comprised between 40 and 50° with respect to a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the transverse direction, the conditioned air flow being intended to be oriented toward a side wall of the cabin.

2. The air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein in its rear part, the air distribution box includes a rear air outlet for conditioned air, connected downstream from the heat exchanger.

3. The air conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the air distribution box distributes the conditioned air from the heat exchanger, so as to steer:
between 35 and 45% of the conditioned air from the heat exchanger toward the rear air outlet, and
between 27.5 and 32.5% of the conditioned air from the heat exchanger toward each side air outlet.

4. The air conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein the rear air outlet includes a second member directing the flow of air, able to give the stream of air blown by that rear air outlet a second predefined air blowing direction.

5. The air conditioning device according to claim 4 , wherein the first predefined air blowing direction is parallel to the longitudinal direction.

6. The air conditioning device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the front air inlet has a generally rectangular shape with a length equal to 600 mm and a width equal to 23 mm,
the rear air outlet has a generally rectangular shape with a length equal to 600 mm and a width equal to 12 mm,
each side air outlet has a generally rectangular shape with a length equal to 300 mm and a width equal to 25 mm.

7. A driving cabin, defined heightwise by a ceiling, and defined in a transverse direction by two side walls, wherein the driving cabin includes an air conditioning device, the air conditioning device including a heat exchanger intended to exchange heat with the air circulating in the air conditioning device, and including an air distribution box, extending in a longitudinal direction between a front part and a rear part, and in a transverse direction between two side parts, the air distribution box being intended to be fastened to the ceiling of the driving cabin, and comprising:
in the front part, a front air inlet for air coming from the cabin, connected upstream from the heat exchanger, and
in each of the side parts, a respective side air outlet for conditioned air, connected downstream from the heat exchanger,

and wherein the air distribution box is fastened to the ceiling, each side air outlet being arranged near a respective side wall, and
wherein:
each side air outlet includes a first member directing the flow of air, able to give the stream of air blown by that side outlet a respective first predefined air blowing direction,
for each side air outlet, the corresponding first predefined air blowing direction forms an angle comprised between 20 and 25° with respect to a transverse plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the conditioned air flow being oriented toward the front, and
for each side air outlet, the corresponding first predefined air blowing direction forms an angle comprised between 40 and 50° with respect to a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the transverse direction, the conditioned air flow being intended to be oriented toward a side wall of the cabin.

Assignees

• Alstom Transp Tech

Inventors

• Do Huu-Thi

Classifications

• B61D27/0018 Primary

  Air-conditioning means, i.e. combining at least two of the following ways of treating or supplying air, namely heating, cooling or ventilating (air-conditioning in general F24F) · CPC title

• B61C17/04

  Arrangement or disposition of driving cabins, footplates or engine rooms; Ventilation thereof (driving cabins and accessories B61D) · CPC title

• B62D33/06

  Drivers' cabs {(overhead guards, e.g. against loads falling down B60R21/11; roll-over protection B60R21/13)} · CPC title

• B60H1/00357

  Air-conditioning arrangements specially adapted for particular vehicles · CPC title

• B60H1/00564

  of air ducts · CPC title