IP Library Granted Patent US 12,344,071
Granted Patent B2
US 12,344,071 · App. 18/010,624 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Cooling module an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, comprising a tangential-flow turbomachine

Inventors: Gael Durbecq (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR); Amrid Mammeri (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR); Erwan Etienne (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR); Kamel Azzouz (Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, FR)
B60H1/00385B60H1/00471B60H1/3227B60H1/32281B60H1/323B60K11/04F25B40/02F25B43/003F28D2021/008F28D2021/0084F28D2021/0091
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Patent No.
US 12,344,071
App. No.
18/010,624
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Cooling module ( 22 ) for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle ( 10 ), through which cooling module ( 22 ) an air flow (F) is intended to pass, comprising: —a set of heat exchangers ( 23 ) comprising: —a first heat exchanger ( 24 ) configured to be a condenser connected within an air conditioning circuit (A), and —a second heat exchanger ( 26 ) configured to be a low-temperature radiator connected within a thermal management circuit (B), —a tangential-flow turbomachine ( 30 ) configured so as to generate the air flow (F), the set of heat exchangers ( 23 ) further comprising a third heat exchanger ( 28 ) configured to be a sub-cooler connected within the air conditioning circuit (A), the third heat exchanger ( 28 ) being arranged within the set of heat exchangers ( 23 ) furthest upstream in the direction of the air flow (F).

Claims (15)

1. A cooling module for an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, said cooling module being designed to have a flow of air passing through it, and comprising:

a set of heat exchangers comprising:

a first heat exchanger configured to be a condenser connected within an air-conditioning circuit, and

a second heat exchanger configured to be a low-temperature radiator connected within a heat control circuit; and

a tangential-flow turbomachine configured such as to generate the flow of air,

wherein the set of heat exchangers also comprises a third heat exchanger which is configured to be a sub-cooler connected within the air-conditioning circuit, said third heat exchanger being positioned within the set of heat exchangers which is furthest upstream in the direction of the flow of air,

wherein the second heat exchanger is positioned upstream from the first heat exchanger in the flow of air within the set of heat exchangers, and

wherein, within the set of heat exchangers, the second heat exchanger and the third heat exchanger are positioned on a same plane and are the furthest upstream in the direction of the flow of air.

2. The cooling module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third heat exchanger is positioned below the second heat exchanger.

3. The cooling module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the set of heat exchangers comprises a fourth heat exchanger which is configured to be a low-temperature radiator, and is positioned downstream from the first heat exchanger in the flow of air.

4. The cooling module as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the fourth heat exchanger is connected to the heat control circuit in parallel with the second heat exchanger.

5. The cooling module as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the fourth heat exchanger is connected to an appended heat control circuit distinct from the heat control circuit to which the second heat exchanger is connected.

6. The cooling module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising: a dehydrating cylinder, said dehydrating cylinder being connected within the air-conditioning circuit downstream from the first heat exchanger, between said first heat exchanger and the third heat exchanger, in the direction of circulation of a cooling fluid circulating in said air-conditioning circuit.

7. The cooling module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low-temperature radiator is connected to an electric motor.

8. The cooling module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first heat exchanger comprises a first passage and a second passage that circulate a heat transfer fluid, and wherein the heat transfer fluid in the first passage circulates in an opposite direction to the heat transfer fluid in the second passage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2025
From: DURBECQ, GAEL; MAMMERI, AMRID; ETIENNE, ERWAN; AZZOUZ, KAMEL
To: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
Reel/Frame 070183/0033 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2006282 · Jun 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230256792A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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