Cooling module for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11945296-B2
Application number	US-202117383940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2021
Priority date	May 31, 2017
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooling module for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a cooling module for a vehicle including a condenser, a first radiator through which coolant for an engine flow, a second radiator through which coolant for electrical components flows, and an intercooler, and capable of evenly distributing air resistance of the front surface of the first radiator to secure an overall balance of an air volume distribution by disposing the condenser, the second radiator, and the first radiator in a flow direction of air or disposing the second radiator, the condenser, and the first radiator in this order, and disposing the intercooler on lower sides of the condenser and the second radiator, and capable of minimizing a gap of each heat exchange period by disposing the condenser C and the first radiator R to be in closely contact with the second radiator L.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling module for a vehicle, comprising:
a condenser disposed in afront of the vehicle to condense a refrigerant flowing in an air conditioning system for the vehicle;
a first radiator disposed at a rear of the condenser, in parallel with the condenser and having a first heat exchange medium flowing therein;
a second radiator disposed between the condenser and the first radiator and having a second heat exchange medium flowing therein; and
an intercooler disposed on lower sides of the condenser and the second radiator and disposed in front of the first radiator;
when defining a width direction as a lateral direction of the vehicle on both sides,
wherein a width length of the core portion of the second radiator (LL) is longer than a width length of the core portion of the condenser (LC) and a width length of the core portion of the first radiator (LR), and
wherein a height of the core portion of the first radiator (HR) is greater than a summation of a height of the core portion of the condenser (HC) and a height of the core portion of the intercooler (HI), or a summation of a height of the core portion of the second radiator (HL) and a height of the core portion of the intercooler (HI), and
the core portion of the condenser, the core portion of the second radiator, and the core portion of the intercooler are all stacked on the core portion of the first radiator in the forward direction of the vehicle.

2. The cooling module for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein a temperature of the first heat exchange medium introduced into the first radiator is higher than a temperature of the second heat exchange medium introduced into the second radiator.

3. A cooling module for a vehicle, comprising:
a condenser disposed in afront of the vehicle to condense a refrigerant flowing in an air conditioning system for the vehicle;
a first radiator disposed at a rear of the condenser, in parallel with the condenser and having a first heat exchange medium flowing therein;
a second radiator disposed between the condenser and the first radiator and having a second heat exchange medium flowing therein; and
an intercooler disposed on lower sides of the condenser and the second radiator and disposed in front of the first radiator;
when defining a width direction as a lateral direction of the vehicle on both sides,
wherein a width length of a core portion of the second radiator (LL) is longer than a width length of a core portion of the condenser (LC) and a width length of a core portion of the first radiator (LR), and
wherein a first radiator supporting part of the first radiator included in a first header tank formed one side of the first radiator in a length direction thereof, and a second radiator supporting part of the first radiator included in a second header tank formed on the other side thereof are connected to a first radiator supporting part of the second radiator to included in a first header tank formed on one side of the second radiator in the length direction thereof and a second radiator supporting part of the second radiator included in a second header tank of the second radiator formed on the other side thereof, respectively,
a first supporting part of the condenser included in one side of the condenser in the length direction thereof and a second supporting part of the condenser formed on the other side thereof are connected to a first condenser supporting part of the second radiator included in the first header tank of the second radiator and a second condenser supporting part of the second radiator included in the second header tank of the second radiator, respectively, and
a first supporting part of the intercooler included in a first header tank formed on one side of the intercooler in a length direction thereof and a second supporting part of the intercooler included in a second header tank formed on the other side thereof are connected to a first intercooler supporting part of the first radiator included in the first header tank of the first radiator and a second intercooler supporting part of the first radiator included in the second header tank of the first radiator, respectively.

4. The cooling module for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein an effective area of the core portion of the condenser is smaller than an effective area of the core portion of the second radiator.

5. The cooling module for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein a summation of an effective area of the core portion of the condenser and an effective area of the core portion of the intercooler is smaller than a summation of an effective area of the core portion of the first radiator.

6. The cooling module for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein a distance between the first header tank of the second radiator having an inlet part to which the second heat exchange medium is introduced and one end of the condenser adjacent to the second radiator in a width direction thereof is greater than a distance between the second header tank of the second radiator positioned at an opposite side of the first header tank of the second radiator and the other end of the condenser adjacent to the second radiator in the width direction.

7. The cooling module for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein the other end of the condenser in the width direction is disposed on the same plane as the first header tank of the second radiator.

8. The cooling module for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein a width length of a core portion of the intercooler (LI) is smaller than a length of the core portion of the first radiator (LR).

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Han Ji Hun
• Ko Gwang Ok
• Shin Hyun Keun
• Yoo Seok Jong

Classifications

• B60K11/04 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds · CPC title

• F01P3/18

  Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers (such arrangements on cylinders or cylinder heads F01P3/04; relative to vehicles B60K11/04) · CPC title

• F01P5/06

  Guiding or ducting air to, or from, ducted fans · CPC title

• F01P11/10

  Guiding or ducting cooling-air, to, or from, liquid-to-air heat exchangers · CPC title

• F28D1/0435

  Combination of units extending one behind the other (F28D1/0452 takes precedence) · CPC title