Vehicle heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11976584-B2
Application number	US-202017624747-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2020
Priority date	Jul 11, 2019
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle provided on the front surface of an engine room of the vehicle, and, more particularly, to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle including a sealing member provided on the circumference of the heat exchanger in order to prevent driving-induced wind from leaking to the outside of the heat exchanger without passing through the heat exchanger.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle coupled to an inner surface of a heat exchanger mounting part of a carrier or an air guide including a heat exchanger mounting part having an air inlet formed therein:
the heat exchanger comprising:
a sealing member configured to be disposed between a circumference of the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger mounting part to seal a coupling part between the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger mounting part,
wherein the sealing member includes:
a resin body configured to be coupled to the heat exchanger; and
a sealing part made of a rubber material configured to have one end coupled to the body and the other end being in close contact with the heat exchanger mounting part,
wherein the resin body is formed with a sealing part coupling that protrudes and extends forward from the bottom,
wherein the sealing part is formed to allow one end is coupled to the end of the sealing part coupling, and the other end extending to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to a front side of the vehicle, and
wherein the sealing part's end contacts inclinedly to the heat exchanger mounting part.

2. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein
the sealing part includes:
a first sealing part configured to have one end fixed to a front side of the vehicle on the body and the other end extending to the heat exchanger mounting part; and
a second sealing part configured to have one end fixed to the first sealing part of the body on a rear side of the vehicle and the other end extending to the heat exchanger mounting part.

3. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 2 , wherein
the first sealing part
is formed to allow the other end to extend to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to the front side of the vehicle, and
the second sealing part
is formed to allow the other end to extend to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to the rear side of the vehicle.

4. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 2 , wherein
the first and second sealing parts
are formed to allow the other end to extend to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to the front side of the vehicle.

5. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 3 , wherein
inclinations of the first and second sealing parts
are 25 to 35° with respect to a horizontal plane.

6. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 2 , wherein
the sealing part
has an annular cross section in a form that the first and second sealing parts are disposed to be spaced apart along front and rear directions of the vehicle, and each one end portion and the other end portion are connected to each other.

7. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein
the body
includes a coupling groove recessed to be fitted into a protrusion of the heat exchanger.

8. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 7 , wherein
the coupling groove formed in the body
is fitted into the protrusion of the support provided at a lower end of the heat exchanger.

9. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 7 , wherein
the body
is integrally formed with at least one separation prevention protrusion protruding inward from an inner surface of the coupling groove.

10. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 9 , wherein
the separation prevention protrusion
is formed to protrude from the inner surface of the coupling groove on the front side of the vehicle toward the rear side of the vehicle or from the inner surface of the coupling groove on the rear side of the vehicle toward the front side of the vehicle.

11. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 10 , wherein
the separation prevention protrusion
is inclined in an opposite direction to a coupling direction of the heat exchanger as the separation prevention protrusion goes toward an end portion to facilitate coupling by elastic deformation during fitting of the heat exchanger, and prevent the heat exchanger from separating by an elastic restoring force after the coupling.

12. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein
the heat exchanger comprises:
a support for fixing the heat exchanger to a carrier of the vehicle,
the body is fitted into the support, and
the support is provided on an upper side or a lower side, or both the upper and lower sides of the heat exchanger.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Ko Gwang Ok
• Jeong Seong Woo
• Hwang Young Kook
• Kim Hyuk
• Jeong Dong Mi

Classifications

• B60K11/04

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• F01P11/10 Primary

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• F28D1/05316 Primary

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• F28F9/007

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• F01P2011/0228

  Sealing · CPC title