IP Library Granted Patent US 11,976,584
Granted Patent B2
US 11,976,584 · App. 17/624,747 · Granted May 7, 2024

Vehicle heat exchanger

Inventors: Gwang Ok Ko (Daejeon, KR); Seong Woo Jeong (Daejeon, KR); Young Kook Hwang (Daejeon, KR); Hyuk Kim (Daejeon, KR); Dong Mi Jeong (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Hanon Systems
F01P11/10B60K11/04F28D1/05316F28F9/007F01P2011/0228F01P2070/52F28F9/002F28F2265/16
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Patent No.
US 11,976,584
App. No.
17/624,747
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle provided on the front surface of an engine room of the vehicle, and, more particularly, to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle including a sealing member provided on the circumference of the heat exchanger in order to prevent driving-induced wind from leaking to the outside of the heat exchanger without passing through the heat exchanger.

Claims (47)

1. A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle coupled to an inner surface of a heat exchanger mounting part of a carrier or an air guide including a heat exchanger mounting part having an air inlet formed therein:

the heat exchanger comprising:

a sealing member configured to be disposed between a circumference of the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger mounting part to seal a coupling part between the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger mounting part,

wherein the sealing member includes:

a resin body configured to be coupled to the heat exchanger; and

a sealing part made of a rubber material configured to have one end coupled to the body and the other end being in close contact with the heat exchanger mounting part,

wherein the resin body is formed with a sealing part coupling that protrudes and extends forward from the bottom,

wherein the sealing part is formed to allow one end is coupled to the end of the sealing part coupling, and the other end extending to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to a front side of the vehicle, and

wherein the sealing part's end contacts inclinedly to the heat exchanger mounting part.

2. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the sealing part includes:

a first sealing part configured to have one end fixed to a front side of the vehicle on the body and the other end extending to the heat exchanger mounting part; and

a second sealing part configured to have one end fixed to the first sealing part of the body on a rear side of the vehicle and the other end extending to the heat exchanger mounting part.

3. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 2 , wherein

the first sealing part

is formed to allow the other end to extend to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to the front side of the vehicle, and

the second sealing part

is formed to allow the other end to extend to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to the rear side of the vehicle.

4. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 2 , wherein

the first and second sealing parts

are formed to allow the other end to extend to the heat exchanger mounting part, and to inclinedly extend to the front side of the vehicle.

5. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 3 , wherein

inclinations of the first and second sealing parts

are 25 to 35° with respect to a horizontal plane.

6. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 2 , wherein

the sealing part

has an annular cross section in a form that the first and second sealing parts are disposed to be spaced apart along front and rear directions of the vehicle, and each one end portion and the other end portion are connected to each other.

7. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the body

includes a coupling groove recessed to be fitted into a protrusion of the heat exchanger.

8. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 7 , wherein

the coupling groove formed in the body

is fitted into the protrusion of the support provided at a lower end of the heat exchanger.

9. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 7 , wherein

the body

is integrally formed with at least one separation prevention protrusion protruding inward from an inner surface of the coupling groove.

10. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 9 , wherein

the separation prevention protrusion

is formed to protrude from the inner surface of the coupling groove on the front side of the vehicle toward the rear side of the vehicle or from the inner surface of the coupling groove on the rear side of the vehicle toward the front side of the vehicle.

11. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 10 , wherein

the separation prevention protrusion

is inclined in an opposite direction to a coupling direction of the heat exchanger as the separation prevention protrusion goes toward an end portion to facilitate coupling by elastic deformation during fitting of the heat exchanger, and prevent the heat exchanger from separating by an elastic restoring force after the coupling.

12. The heat exchanger for a motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the heat exchanger comprises:

a support for fixing the heat exchanger to a carrier of the vehicle,

the body is fitted into the support, and

the support is provided on an upper side or a lower side, or both the upper and lower sides of the heat exchanger.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2022
From: KO, GWANG OK; JEONG, SEONG WOO; HWANG, YOUNG KOOK; KIM, HYUK; JEONG, DONG MI
To: HANON SYSTEMS
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0083575 · Jul 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220235693A1 · Jul 28, 2022