Cooling module for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9534849-B2
Application number	US-201314106752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2013
Priority date	Jun 7, 2013
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A cooling module for a vehicle may include a radiator with a first header tank receiving coolant, a second header tank at a predetermined distance from the first header tank to exhaust coolant, and a plurality of tubes that connects the first header tank with the second header tank, and a radiating fin is formed therebetween and at a front side of a vehicle, a water cooled condenser that receives refrigerant through a refrigerant pipe in the second header tank formed by laminating a plurality of plates, which condenses refrigerant by exchanging heat with cooled coolant flowing the second header tank, and an air-cooled condenser connected to the water cooled condenser through the refrigerant pipe, receives first-condensed refrigerant from the water cooled condenser, and is disposed at a front side of the radiator to further condense the refrigerant by exchanging heat with outside air.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling module for a vehicle, comprising:
a radiator including a first header tank receiving coolant, a second header tank disposed at a predetermined distance from the first header tank to exhaust coolant, and a plurality of tubes that connects the first header tank with the second header tank, are disposed with an equal gap from each other, and a radiating fin is formed therebetween and is disposed at a front side of the vehicle;
a water cooled condenser that receives refrigerant through a refrigerant pipe, is disposed in the second header tank, is formed by laminating a plurality of plates, and condenses refrigerant by exchanging heat with cooled coolant flowing the second header tank; and
an air-cooled condenser connected to the water cooled condenser through the refrigerant pipe, which receives first-condensed refrigerant from the water cooled condenser, and is disposed at a front side of the radiator to further condense the refrigerant by exchanging heat with outside air,
wherein a receiver dryer is disposed at one side of the radiator in a width direction of the vehicle, is disposed on the refrigerant pipe between the water cooled condenser and the air cooled condenser, and separates gaseous refrigerant inside the refrigerant condensed by the water cooled condenser.

2. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein an inlet is formed on the first header tank to receive coolant, and an outlet corresponding to the inlet is formed on the second header tank to exhaust the coolant.

3. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the inlet and the outlet are disposed on the first header tank and the second header tank, respectively, and the first header tank and the second header tank are disposed opposite to each other.

4. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the water cooled condenser includes:
a condensing portion that two plates are combined to form one refrigerant passage, and the refrigerant passages are disposed a predetermined distance from each other;
a refrigerant inlet formed at one end of the condensing portion to be connected to the refrigerant passage, and connected to the refrigerant pipe at an outside of the second header tank; and
a refrigerant outlet formed at a second end of the condensing portion corresponding to the refrigerant inlet to be connected to the refrigerant passage, and connected to the refrigerant pipe at an outside of the second header tank.

5. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 4 , wherein a plurality of protrusions are formed on an outside surface of a plate disposed at a first side among two plates with a predetermined distance, and the protrusions contacts an outside surface of the plate disposed at a second side thereof to be combined.

6. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 5 , wherein a radiating protrusion integrally protrudes toward an outside of the two plates from both sides of the two plates in a width direction of the condensing portion on the plate disposed at the second side of the two plates.

7. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the air cooled condenser is disposed on a front side of the radiator in a length direction.

8. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the air cooled condenser has a plurality of coolant tubes that are disposed with an equal distance and is a fin tube type heat exchanger that a radiating fin is formed between the coolant tubes.

9. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the air cooled condenser is divided in a height direction to sequentially condense depending on the condition of the refrigerant supplied from the water cooled condenser.

10. The cooling module for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the water cooled condenser is coupled in series with the air cooled condenser through the receiver dryer.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Doowon Climate Control Co Ltd
• Halla Visteon Climate Control

Inventors

• Kim Jae Yeon
• Cho Wan Je
• Lee Sang-Ok
• An Byoung Hoon
• Kim Yoon Sung
• Lee Soon-Jong
• Choi Jun-Young
• Ahn Yong-Nam

Classifications

• F28D1/0426 Primary

  with units having particular arrangement relative to the large body of fluid, e.g. with interleaved units or with adjacent heat exchange units in common air flow or with units extending at an angle to each other or with units arranged around a central element · CPC title

• F28F9/0234 Primary

  having a second heat exchanger disposed there within, e.g. oil cooler · CPC title

• F28D2021/0084

  Condensers · CPC title

• F25B39/04

  Condensers · CPC title

• F28D1/0435

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