EP1239256A1 - Kühler mit integriertem Ölkühler - Google Patents

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EP1239256A1
EP1239256A1 EP02075700A EP02075700A EP1239256A1 EP 1239256 A1 EP1239256 A1 EP 1239256A1 EP 02075700 A EP02075700 A EP 02075700A EP 02075700 A EP02075700 A EP 02075700A EP 1239256 A1 EP1239256 A1 EP 1239256A1
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oil cooler
radiator
tank
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John M. Tepas
Henry E. Beamer
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
    • F28F9/0234—Header boxes; End plates having a second heat exchanger disposed there within, e.g. oil cooler

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  • This invention relates to vehicle engine and oil cooling systems in general, and specifically to a radiator with a metal header tank and flat extruded tube oil cooler incorporated in the metal header tank.
  • radiators with often incorporate a transmission fluid or engine oil cooler mounted in the liquid coolant outlet tank of the engine cooling radiator as a convenient means to cool those fluids.
  • the radiator consists of a basic core with header tanks on each side, and flattened metal coolant flow tubes, generally aluminum, extending between the tanks. Each tank is a plastic box open on one side, the open side being clinched to a metal header plate that receives the ends of the radiator flow tubes.
  • a conventional oil cooler consists of a series of plates stacked into a general box shape, which is installed inside the radiator outlet tank, with sealed inlet and outlet pipes running through the radiator tank wall.
  • a relatively newer proposed oil cooler construction is incorporated within all metal (aluminum) header tanks of an all metal core.
  • the tank and the header plate are one and the same part, or at least formed of the same material.
  • An example may be seen in co assigned USPN 5,823,250.
  • the header tank itself has an extruded body, with integral slotted header plate and integral internal oil cooler passage. End caps are brazed on the seal the ends of the header tanks and the internal oil cooler passage simultaneously.
  • This type of integral oil cooler construction depends on the header tank being made as an extrusion, which is not always practical, because of weight and cost considerations.
  • the manufacture of the radiator itself, or of similar headered heat exchangers, is a well understood and well controlled process, whether the tank is all metal or of plastic with a metal header plate only.
  • the flattened metal flow tubes typically extruded or fabricated aluminum, with our without internal strengthening webs, are inserted through closely matching slots formed through the header plates.
  • Braze material provided on the surface of either the flat metal tube or the header plate is melted when the core itself is brazed, and drawn into the tube end-slot interface to form a simple, consistent and leak proof joint. If similar materials and techniques could be used to form the oil cooler, as well, maximum design flexibility and minimum cost would be achieved.
  • the invention provides a radiator header tank and oil cooler incorporated within the tank in which the oil cooler itself and its sealed interface with the radiator header tank do incorporate the same material and manufacturing technique as are typically used to make the radiator core.
  • the radiator core uses typical flattened metal tubes and a metal header tank that can be formed by any desired technique, not just extrusion.
  • the in tank oil cooler consists of a length of the same kind of tubing used in the radiator flow tubes itself, which enters and exits at some point on the tank wall through slots in the tank wall formed with the same geometry as the slots in the header plate.
  • the entire core, with oil cooler can be brazed in one step, and the sealed interface between oil cooler tube and tank wall is formed in the same way, and is just as robust as, the sealed interface between the ends of the radiator flow tubes and the header plate slots of the basic core.
  • the integral, in tank oil cooler so formed is small in volume, lightweight, low cost, and has no potential oil leak points within the radiator tank. It can be formed with a wide variety of shapes, by simple tube bending, and can enter and exit the radiator tank wall at any desired point, to give maximum design flexibility.
  • an all metal radiator 1 consists of a basic core of flow tubes 12 and interposed corrugated oil cooling fins 14. Bordering each side of the basic core are a pair of all metal header tanks, indicated generally at 16.
  • Tanks 16 are generally box shaped structures, with an inner side 18 that is regularly slotted at 20, so as to form a header plate to receive the ends of the flow tubes 12.
  • the ends of the header tanks 16 are closed by upper and lower end caps 22.
  • Coolant inlets and outlets 24 admit engine coolant to, and drain engine coolant from, each of the tanks 16.
  • the basic construction of the tanks 16 is not limited to any particular material (although it is generally aluminum) or technique. That is, the basic tank shell could be formed as an extrusion, so that the inner side header plate 18 would be integral.
  • the tank shell could be a fabricated series of pieces, with an integral end cap 22 and a separate slotted header plate 18 that was clinched to the tank shell to be brazed later.
  • An extruded shell has an integral header plate 18, but is heavy, and difficult to clad with brazing material.
  • a fabricated shell consists of separated stamped aluminum pieces, which requires more fabrication, but is light and can be easily pre clad with brazing material. Any brazed radiator construction in which the header tank (or some significant portion of it) is brazed along with the rest of the core will have some header tank wall portion, such as the end cap 22, that is suitable to be slotted similarly to the slotted header plate.
  • the invention uses the same basic known, all metal radiator construction shown above, with one simple modification.
  • the end cap 22 has a pair of side by side oil cooler slots 26 cut through it, similar to the regular tube slots 20 in header plate 18.
  • the oil cooler slots 26 would be formed by the same tooling and technique as the header plate slots 20 and, again, the end cap 22 consists of the same material as the header plate 18.
  • the tank wall slots 26 represent a very minor and simple change in the basic construction of tank 16.
  • oil cooler tube 28 is a typical "flat oval" aluminum extrusion, with internal webs 32 and, as shown, is bent into a generally sinuous shape. Tube 28 is either identical to, or at least has a similar outer geometry to, the radiator flow tubes 12. Radiator flow tubes 12 do not generally require the internal strengthening webs typical in an extrusion, and are most often formed of fabricated sheet metal stock, which is easier to clad on the outside with brazing material. But, again, the outer tube geometry can be consistently held, just as with the oil cooler tube 28.
  • oil cooler tube 28 need not absolutely be formed as an integral extrusion, though it would be most practical to do so. In that case, it would be difficult to clad it with brazing material, but it would be relatively simple to clad the end caps 22 in that fashion on their outer surface, even if the body of tank 16 were itself an integral extrusion. So, there is a great deal of flexibility in how the various parts may be formed. However formed, tube 28 will be effectively seamless and sealed, with the same high degree of structural integrity as the flow tubes 12 themselves. It is much easier to assure a leak proof condition for tube
  • the oil cooler tube ends 30 are inserted through the end cap slots 26. Their mutual interface would have the same configuration as that between the ends of the radiator flow tubes 12 and header plate slots 20, even if not exactly the same size, although they could be exactly the same size, as well. Both for the flow tubes 12 and the oil cooler tube ends 30, there is a ready supply of braze material, whether clad onto the part surfaces surrounding the tube to slot interface, or clad onto the tube surfaces themselves.
  • the end cap 22 has been inserted into tank 16, closing the end thereof, and serving to insert the body of the bent oil cooler tube 28 down into the interior of the tank 16.
  • the tube ends 30 remain accessible outside the tank 16.
  • the rest of the radiator core would be assembled and stacked, and the ends of the flow tubes 12 inserted into the header plate slots 20 and the entire unit would be ready for the brazing operation.
  • the only possible leak point out of the tank 16 the interface between tube ends 30 and the end cap slots 26, becomes sealed during the braze process identically to the interface between the ends of the flow tubes 12 and the header plate slots 20.
  • braze material whether located on the surface of the tube ends 30, or on the surface of the end cap 22 surrounding the slots 26, or both, is melted, drawn into the carefully sized and controlled tube end 30-slot 26 interface, after which it hardens into a leak proof joint.
  • No other seals or mechanical structures are needed to create the oil cooler to header tank seal.
  • the use of the flat tube 28, which is relatively light, and yet relatively stiff (and which is effectively stiffened by virtue of being bent into a U or sinuous shape), in conjunction with the straight slots 26, serves to keep the tube 28 oriented within the header tanks 16, spaced from the interior walls thereof.
  • the fins 14 braze to the tubes 12, and the end caps 22 braze to the tanks 16, leaving a solid, effectively unitized core structure.
  • the oil cooler can thus take advantage of the one shot braze process and technology in a very efficient manner.
  • a single inlet-outlet block fitting 32 can be attached to the oil cooler tube ends 30, either after the basic braze operation, or during. This allows oil lines to be easily attached, leak free, and any potential leak points, again, would be external to the tank16.
  • coolant entering the tank 16 that contains the oil cooler tube 28 generally the cooler return tank
  • the completed unit there is not only less cost, less weight, and less potential internal tank leakage , there is also less volume occupied inside tank 16, and less potential flow blockage and pressure drop in the coolant flow.
  • corrugated fins could be brazed between the parallel bends in the oil cooler tube 28, similar to the fins 14 brazed between the radiator coolant tubes 12.
  • tubes could be fabricated or folded of clad stock, with an internal configuration similar to the integral, extruded tube 28.
  • Extruded and fabricated tubes of essentially identical configuration have been known alternative constructions in myriad applications for decades. Either construction would work to have its tube ends brazed into the slots 26 during the single braze process and, in the case of fabricated oil cooler tubes, the tubes themselves would be formed as part of the same braze process.
  • the slots 26 could be formed through any suitable wall surface of the tank 16, not just the end caps 22 and need not be proximate to one another.
  • the slots 26 could be proximate to one another and actually joined by a thinner slot, so as to allow an integral, U shaped tube with two enlarged "ends" joined by a central web to be used.
  • the central web would pass through the thinner central slot, and would be brazed thereto.
  • the tank 16 need not be entirely metal, so long as it has some suitable surface, such as the end cap 22, through which the ends of the oil cooler tube or tubes could be passed and brazed. Therefore, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to just the embodiment disclosed.

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FR3063182A1 (fr) * 2017-02-23 2018-08-24 Valeo Systemes Thermiques Systeme de conditionnement thermique d'un vehicule automobile mettant en oeuvre un dispositif de gestion thermique d'un pack-batterie
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