Layout structure of refrigerant piping near heat accumulator in vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11241933-B2
Application number	US-202117143169-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2021
Priority date	Jan 8, 2020
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a layout structure of refrigerant piping near a heat accumulator in a vehicle, which is connected to the heat accumulator and can reduce cooling of the refrigerant piping near the heat accumulator due to blowing of wind that comes with running of the vehicle, thereby suppressing heat dissipation of the refrigerant flowing into and out of the heat accumulator. The heat accumulator mounted in a front portion of the vehicle is arranged to extend in a direction substantially orthogonal to a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and has refrigerant inflow part and outflow part at an end. The refrigerant piping includes inflow piping connected to the inflow part and outflow piping connected to the outflow part. The inflow piping and outflow piping are arranged to extend along a length direction of the heat accumulator in a state of being close to a back surface of the heat accumulator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A layout structure of refrigerant piping near a heat accumulator in a vehicle, for arranging the refrigerant piping near the heat accumulator, which is for flowing a refrigerant into and out of the heat accumulator mounted in a front portion of the vehicle, wherein
the heat accumulator is arranged in a manner that an axis in a length direction of the heat accumulator extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and comprises an inflow part and an outflow part for the refrigerant at an end of the heat accumulator,
the refrigerant piping comprises inflow piping connected to the inflow part and outflow piping connected to the outflow part, and
the inflow piping and the outflow piping are arranged to extend along the length direction of the heat accumulator in a state of being close to a back surface of the heat accumulator.

2. The layout structure of the refrigerant piping near the heat accumulator in the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat accumulator has an outer shape formed in a columnar shape and is arranged in a manner that the axis in the length direction of the heat accumulator extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle,
one of the inflow piping and the outflow piping is arranged above a center in a vertical direction of the back surface of the heat accumulator and below an upper end of the heat accumulator, and
the other of the inflow piping and the outflow piping is arranged below the center in the vertical direction of the back surface of the heat accumulator and above a lower end of the heat accumulator.

3. The layout structure of the refrigerant piping near the heat accumulator in the vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the inflow part and the outflow part are arranged side by side vertically on an end surface of one side of the heat accumulator.

4. The layout structure of the refrigerant piping near the heat accumulator in the vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the end of the heat accumulator, at which the inflow part and the outflow part are provided, is provided with an inflow connection part that connects the inflow part and the inflow piping, and an outflow connection part that connects the outflow part and the outflow piping, and
the end of the heat accumulator is provided with a cover that covers at least a front of the inflow connection part and the outflow connection part.

5. The layout structure of the refrigerant piping near the heat accumulator in the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the cover protrudes from an end surface of the heat accumulator by a predetermined length in the length direction of the heat accumulator, extends in an arc shape along a peripheral edge of the end surface, and a side surface shape of the cover is formed in a semicircular shape that is convex to the front.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nagakura Masaki
• Uto Hajime
• Takazawa Masanobu

Classifications

• B60H1/3227

  characterised by the arrangement or the type of heat exchanger, e.g. condenser, evaporator (condensed liquid drainage means B60H1/3233) · CPC title

• F28D2020/0065

  Details, e.g. particular heat storage tanks, auxiliary members within tanks · CPC title

• Y02E60/14

  Thermal energy storage · CPC title

• B60H1/00499

  Heat or cold storage without phase change including solid bodies, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• F28D20/0034

  using liquid heat storage material · CPC title