IP Library Granted Patent US 12,235,051
Granted Patent B2
US 12,235,051 · App. 17/466,387 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media

Inventors: Albert Boecker (Ettlingen, DE); Matthias Winter (Rastatt, DE); Thorsten Schaefer (Steinfeld, DE); Florian Deibel (Sinzheim, DE); Mathieu Aucouturier (Schiltigheim, DE)
Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
F28F1/006B60H1/00564F16L9/20F28D7/0016F28D7/10F28D2021/008
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Patent No.
US 12,235,051
App. No.
17/466,387
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media, comprising a base body which is produced by way of blow molding and from which at least a first channel and a second channel are formed, wherein the first channel and the second channel have a first orientation towards one another in a first section and a second orientation towards one another in a second section, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation.

Claims (21)

1. A pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media, comprising a unitary base body which is produced by way of blow molding and from which at least a first channel and a second channel are formed, wherein the first channel and second channel are formed as enclosed tubular members defined by boundary walls, wherein the first channel and the second channel have a first orientation relative to one another in a first section and a second orientation relative to one another in a second section, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation, and wherein the first and second channels are formed in one piece and of a single material from the base body, wherein the first and second channels are connected along their length by a material bond formed by the boundary walls being in contact or a web formed between the first and second channels, the web extending along the length of the first and second channels.

2. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the orientation of the channels changes in a third section located between the first and second sections.

3. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel penetrates the second channel at least in sections.

4. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel is routed at least in sections inside the second channel.

5. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel crosses through the enclosed tubular member of second channel.

6. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a third channel is formed from the base body as an enclosed tubular member, and wherein the third channel crosses through the enclosed tubular members of the first channel and the second channel.

7. A pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media, comprising a base body which is produced by way of blow molding and from which at least a first channel and a second channel are formed and defined by boundary walls, wherein the first channel and the second channel are routed in the base body in such a way that the first channel crosses through the second channel and its boundary wall in at least one section, and wherein the first and second channels are formed as enclosed tubular members in one piece and of a single material from the base body.

8. The pipe arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first channel is routed in the at least one section in the form of an S bend, and wherein the second channel is routed in the at least one section in the form of an S bend.

9. The pipe arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first channel and the second channel have, in the at least one section, a cross-section that is different from a cross-section of the first channel and second channel, respectively, in a second section that is spaced away from the at least one section.

10. The pipe arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the first channel and the second channel are flattened in the at least one section.

11. The pipe arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein at least one functional element is arranged in the base body.

12. The pipe arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein at least one functional element is formed from the base body.

13. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel and the second channel run at an angle to each other.

14. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel and the second channel run parallel in at least one segment.

15. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one channel section of at least one channel is formed as an insert.

16. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second channels run parallel to each other in the first section in a first plane, and run parallel to each other in the second section in a second plane, wherein the second plane is non-parallel to the first plane.

17. The pipe arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the channels are connected to each other at least in sections.

18. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel and/or the second channel are formed in an arcuate manner in a third section and/or in a fourth section.

19. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe arrangement forms an internal heat exchanger for temperature control media.

20. A vehicle comprising the pipe arrangement according to claim 1 .

21. The pipe arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel defines a first flow path and the second channel defines a second flow path, and wherein the first and second flow paths are parallel to each other in the first and second sections, diverge and converge in a third section, wherein the third section is positioned between the first and second sections.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2026
From: TI AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS GMBH
To: TI FLUID SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GMBH
Reel/Frame 075587/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: BOECKER, ALBERT; WINTER, MATTHIAS; SCHAEFER, THORSTEN; DIEBEL, FLORIAN; AUCOUTURIER, MATHIEU
To: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
Reel/Frame 058404/0546 →
Priority Claims (2)
EP 20194403 · Sep 3, 2020 · regional
EP 21183388 · Jul 2, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220065554A1 · Mar 3, 2022
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