Radiator arrangement with at least two heat exchangers with different base areas, motor vehicle with radiator arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12480713-B2
Application number	US-202218701308-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2022
Priority date	Oct 15, 2021
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

A radiator arrangement for a motor vehicle the motor vehicle is driven by an internal combustion engine or at least partially electrically, with a first heat exchanger that is connected to a coolant circuit of the motor vehicle; and with a second heat exchanger that is connected to a refrigerant circuit of the motor vehicle. With respect to a main direction of an air flow through the radiator arrangement, the first heat exchanger is arranged in front of the second heat exchanger, and a first base area of the first heat exchanger that is exposed to the air flow is smaller than a second base area of the second heat exchanger that is exposed to the air flow. The first base area is dimensioned such that it overlaps the second base area only in an inlet-side region with respect to the refrigerant flow in the second heat exchanger.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A radiator arrangement, in particular a radiator package, for a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine or at least partially electrically, comprising:
a first heat exchanger which is or can be connected to a coolant circuit of the motor vehicle; a second heat exchanger which is or can be connected to a refrigerant circuit of the motor vehicle; wherein, relative to a main direction of an air flow through the radiator arrangement, the first heat exchanger is arranged in front of the second heat exchanger, wherein a first base area of the first heat exchanger exposed to the air flow is smaller than a second base area of the second heat exchanger exposed to the air flow, wherein the first base area is dimensioned such that it overlaps the second base area only in an inlet-side region with respect to the refrigerant flow in the second heat exchanger.

2 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the main flow direction of coolant in the first heat exchanger is substantially parallel or orthogonal to the main flow direction of refrigerant in the second heat exchanger.

3 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first base area amounts to approximately 80% of the second base area, in particular approximately 10% to 60%.

4 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat exchanger is designed to distribute the inlet-side refrigerant flow over a thermally effective flow width within the second heat exchanger, wherein the first base area has a width which substantially corresponds to the flow width in the second heat exchanger.

5 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein that the first heat exchanger is designed to pass coolant unidirectionally or bidirectionally with deflection.

6 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein that the second heat exchanger has at least one upper heat exchanger region and at least one lower heat exchanger region, wherein the second base area comprises the upper heat exchanger region and the lower heat exchanger region.

7 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the lower heat exchanger region is designed as a subcooling path.

8 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the first base area overlaps only a region of the upper heat exchanger region.

9 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the main flow direction of coolant in the first heat exchanger is substantially parallel or orthogonal to the main flow direction of refrigerant in the upper heat exchanger region of the second heat exchanger.

10 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat exchanger is a low-temperature radiator.

11 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat exchanger is a condenser or gas radiator.

12 . A motor vehicle with internal combustion engine or with an at least partially electric drive with
at least one coolant circuit for cooling at least one electrical component, in particular a high-voltage battery and/or electric motor; at least one refrigerant circuit for air conditioning a vehicle interior; and a radiator arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat exchanger is connected to the refrigerant circuit and the second heat exchanger is connected to the coolant circuit.

13 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the first base area amounts to approximately 80% of the second base area, in particular approximately 10% to 60%.

14 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the second heat exchanger is designed to distribute the inlet-side refrigerant flow over a thermally effective flow width within the second heat exchanger, wherein the first base area has a width which substantially corresponds to the flow width in the second heat exchanger.

15 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the second heat exchanger is designed to distribute the inlet-side refrigerant flow over a thermally effective flow width within the second heat exchanger, wherein the first base area has a width which substantially corresponds to the flow width in the second heat exchanger.

16 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein that the first heat exchanger is designed to pass coolant unidirectionally or bidirectionally with deflection.

17 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein that the first heat exchanger is designed to pass coolant unidirectionally or bidirectionally with deflection.

18 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein that the first heat exchanger is designed to pass coolant unidirectionally or bidirectionally with deflection.

19 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein that the second heat exchanger has at least one upper heat exchanger region and at least one lower heat exchanger region, wherein the second base area comprises the upper heat exchanger region and the lower heat exchanger region.

20 . The radiator arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein that the second heat exchanger has at least one upper heat exchanger region and at least one lower heat exchanger region, wherein the second base area comprises the upper heat exchanger region and the lower heat exchanger region.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Rebinger Christian
• Schroeder Dirk

Classifications

• F28D2021/0091

  Radiators · CPC title

• F28D2021/0073

  Gas coolers · CPC title

• F28D2021/007

  Condensers · CPC title

• B60K2001/006

  the electric motors · CPC title

• B60K2001/005

  the electric storage means · CPC title