IP Library Granted Patent US 12,221,138
Granted Patent B2
US 12,221,138 · App. 17/600,399 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Climate control system for a vehicle

Inventors: Lutz Boeck (Schkeuditz, DE); Erik Hoffmann (Borsdorf, DE); Steffen Poser (Krostitz, DE); Kai Fischer (Leipzig, DE)
Assignee: Faiveley Transport Leipzig GmbH
B61D27/0018B60H1/00021B60H1/3225F24F11/36F25B9/002B60H2001/00114B60H2001/0015Y02T30/00
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Patent No.
US 12,221,138
App. No.
17/600,399
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A climate control system for a vehicle for combustible coolants and is a device for installation on a vehicle roof. A directly evaporating system includes an electrical switch box inside a climate control device for the vehicle and is partitioned so that, in the event of relevant leakages of assemblies containing coolant, the assembly cannot come into contact with the combustible coolant and no ignitable mixture can occur in these areas. The electrical box is a closed assembly and is operatively connected to an assembly by which air from areas outside the segments containing coolant is guided into the electrical box.

Claims (9)

1. A climate control system for a vehicle, the climate control system configured for using one or more combustible coolants and for installation on a vehicle roof, the climate control system comprising:

an air treatment unit;

a compressor unit; and

an electrical switch box designed as a closed assembly and is operatively connected to an air supply assembly by which air from areas outside coolant-carrying segments of the climate control system is guided into the electrical switch box in such a way that an overpressure is created in the electrical switch box to prevent the one or more combustible coolants from flowing into the electrical switch box.

2. The climate control system according to claim 1 , wherein the air supply assembly includes a separate fan configured to create the overpressure in the electrical switch box.

3. The climate control system according to claim 1 , wherein the air supply assembly includes a duct structure which feeds a partial volume flow of the air into the electrical switch box from an overpressure area of a supply air section of the air treatment unit.

4. The climate control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an outgoing air fan, wherein the air supply assembly includes a duct structure which, guides a partial volume flow of outgoing air from outgoing air fan into the electrical switch box from an outgoing air duct.

5. The climate control system according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical switch box is designed as a closed assembly with an opening for one or both of venting or cooling electrical components installed in an interior of the electrical switch box.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 2, 2024
From: FAIVELEY TRANSPORT LEIPZIG GMBH & CO. KG
To: FAIVELEY TRANSPORT LEIPZIG GMBH
Reel/Frame 067305/0450 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: BOEK, LUTZ; HOFFMANN, ERIK; POSER, STEFFEN; FISCHER, KAI
To: FAIVELEY TRANSPORT LEIPZIG GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 057693/0341 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 202019104696.1 · Aug 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220212698A1 · Jul 7, 2022
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