Compressor module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12460637-B2
Application number	US-202418797100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2024
Priority date	Sep 17, 2019
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A compressor module for a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system, exhibiting a modular multi-part housing with a low-pressure refrigerant inlet, a high-pressure refrigerant outlet and a compressor, characterized in that an inner heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit is produced such that it is integrated into the compressor module, wherein the housing of the compressor module fully encloses the inner heat exchanger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A compressor module for a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system, comprising:
a modular multi-part housing with a low-pressure refrigerant inlet, a high-pressure refrigerant outlet; and a compressor wherein an inner heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit is produced such that it is integrated into the compressor module, wherein the housing includes a motor housing, a high-pressure housing, and a central housing disposed between the motor housing and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed via the motor housing and the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is disposed in front of the high-pressure housing in a flow of refrigerant.

2 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one refrigerant sensor is produced such that it is integrated into the housing of the compressor module.

3 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein another heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit is produced such that it is integrated into the housing of the compressor module.

4 . The compressor module according to claim 3 , wherein the heat exchanger is produced as a chiller and that an expansion element, positioned upstream of the chiller, is produced such that it is integrated into the housing of the compressor module.

5 . The compressor module according to claim 4 , wherein a refrigerant collector of the refrigerant circuit is produced such that it is integrated into the housing of the compressor module.

6 . The compressor module according to claim 5 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from a housing for the refrigerant collector, a housing for the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein the refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the refrigerant collector, the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing and that the inner heat exchanger is arranged between the refrigerant collector and the motor housing.

7 . The compressor module according to claim 5 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from a housing for the chiller and the expansion element, a housing for the refrigerant collector, a housing for the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, the central housing and the high-pressure housing, wherein the refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the expansion element, the chiller, the refrigerant collector, the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged between the refrigerant collector and the motor housing.

8 . The compressor module according to claim 5 , wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged coaxially between an outer guide housing and an inner guide housing in a radial direction, wherein the outer guide housing exhibits a disc-type partition element in an axial direction as a limit towards the refrigerant collector.

9 . The compressor module according to claim 8 , wherein the inner guide housing is produced in such a way that it can hold a filter material and exhibits a filter.

10 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from disc-type housing parts.

11 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from an inverter housing, the motor housing, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the inverter housing, the motor housing, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged in the central housing.

12 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from an inverter housing, the motor housing, a housing for the inner heat exchanger, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the motor housing and the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged in the central housing and between the motor housing and the high-pressure housing.

13 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from an inverter housing, a housing for the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the inverter housing, the housing for the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged between the inverter housing and the motor housing.

14 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from an inverter housing, the motor housing, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the inverter housing, the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing or via the inverter housing, the motor housing, the inner heat exchanger, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing or via the inverter housing and, in parallel, via the inner heat exchanger and the motor housing and subsequently via the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged in the motor housing and between the inverter housing and the central housing.

15 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from a housing for a refrigerant collector, a housing for the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the housing for the refrigerant collector, the housing for the inner heat exchanger, the motor housing, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged between the refrigerant collector and the motor housing.

16 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from a housing for a refrigerant collector, a housing for the inner heat exchanger, an inverter housing, the motor housing, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the housing for the refrigerant collector, the housing for the inner heat exchanger, the inverter housing, the motor housing, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing and that the inner heat exchanger is arranged between the refrigerant collector and the inverter housing.

17 . The compressor module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the compressor module is produced from a housing for a refrigerant collector, the motor housing, a housing for the inner heat exchanger, the central housing, and the high-pressure housing, wherein a refrigerant is routed from the low-pressure refrigerant inlet, via the housing for the refrigerant collector, the motor housing, the inner heat exchanger, and the central housing to the high-pressure housing, and wherein the inner heat exchanger is arranged between the motor housing and the central housing.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Spies Toni
• Kozalla Philipp
• Heckt Roman
• Klotten Thomas
• Fröhling Jörn
• Gehm Torsten
• Köster Stephan
• Girmscheid Felix

Classifications

• F25B31/02

  of motor-compressor units · CPC title

• F25B5/02

  arranged in parallel · CPC title

• F04C2270/195

  Controlled or regulated · CPC title

• F04C2270/185

  Controlled or regulated · CPC title

• F04C2240/30

  Casings or housings · CPC title