KR101250137B1 - Automotive independent heating device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a heating device of a vehicle, and more particularly, it is miniaturized and configured to be fixed or detached to an interior space of a vehicle, such as the inside of a door of a vehicle, and to raise the heating rapidly at a high temperature independently of the air conditioner of the vehicle. The present invention relates to an independent heating device for automobiles.
The present invention is characterized in that it comprises a heating heater installation unit formed on the inner surface of the vehicle interior, and a heating heater coupled to the heating heater installation unit receives a heating current to heat the air inside the vehicle by the induction heating method. It is done.

Description

Automotive independent heating device {Automotive independent heating device}

The present invention relates to a heating device of a vehicle, and more particularly, it is miniaturized and configured to be fixed or detached to an interior space of a vehicle, such as the inside of a door of a vehicle, and to raise the heating rapidly at a high temperature independently of the air conditioner of the vehicle. The present invention relates to an independent heating device for automobiles.

In general, a vehicle is provided with a cooling device for cooling passengers by supplying cool air indoors in summer, and a heating device for supplying warm air by heating air in winter. Typically, the air conditioner and the heater are configured together with the air conditioning system of the automobile.

In particular, the heating device is mainly used in the engine heating method to warm the air by using the heat generated from the engine when the vehicle starts. However, this type of engine heating is easy to apply in gasoline-type vehicles, but difficult to apply to electric vehicles. This is because the engine of the electric vehicle does not generate much heat. In addition, diesel-type cars are operated by high temperature / high pressure of diesel engines, and are configured to have a large cooling capacity to improve cooling performance in order to dissipate heat generated during operation. Compared with the fast heating.

Due to this problem, electric vehicles and diesel vehicles use a positive temperature coefficient of resistance (PTC) heater that directly heats the vehicle inlet air at the same time as winter start-up, thereby rapidly preheating the temperature inside the vehicle. For diesel cars, PTC heaters are only used for the first five to ten minutes.

However, the PTC heater has a problem that can increase the production cost of the car is relatively large in size, the current consumption of up to about 100A has a problem that raises the engine RPM, resulting in a low thermal efficiency.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to be miniaturized and configured to be fixed or detached in the vehicle interior space, such as the inside of the door of the car, independent heating device for a car that can be heated to a high temperature rapidly independent of the air conditioner of the vehicle To provide.

Independent heating device for a vehicle of the present invention for achieving the above object; It is characterized in that it comprises a heating heater installation portion formed on the inner surface of the vehicle interior, and a heating heater coupled to the heating heater installation portion receives a heating current to heat the air inside the vehicle by the induction heating method.

The heating heater may include a main body forming an outer shape of the heating heater, a water housing configured to have a space filled with water and forming a water circulation path through which the filled water can be circulated, and a circulation of the water. The water is wound around a section of the path and protrudes from the inductor coil for receiving the heating current to heat the water housing by an induction heating method, and a water housing corresponding to an air circulation path formed by the body and the water housing. A heat sink for dissipating heat by the heated water inside the housing to heat the air circulating in the air circulation path, and a blowing fan for supplying air in the vehicle to the air circulation path so that the air can be circulated well in the air circulation path; Controlling the electricity provided to the inductor coil and controlling the operation of the blowing fan It characterized in that it comprises a fisherman.

The heating heater further includes an insulating plate provided between the main body inner surface in contact with the heating heater installation portion and the water housing in contact with the main body inner surface to block heat generated from the water housing from being transferred to the main body. It is characterized by.

The control unit may include a power supply unit supplying power, a fan driving unit receiving the power to generate a fan driving current, and supplying the fan fan to the blowing fan to drive the blowing fan, and receiving the power and providing the power to the inductor coil. And a controller for controlling the heating of the blower fan and the inductor coil by controlling the heat generator to generate the heating current.

The control unit may further include a switch unit outputting a driving command to the controller to cause the control unit to drive the heat generating unit and the fan driving unit.

The power supply unit is characterized in that the source power source is a battery.

The heating heater installation unit further includes a vehicle connector including a power pin connected to the vehicle power, and the control unit further includes a heater connector connected to the vehicle connector to receive the power as a source power and provide the power to the power unit. Characterized in that.

The vehicle connector further includes a switch pin connected to a heater drive switch configured in the door of the vehicle, wherein the heater connector has a pin connected to the switch pin connected to the control unit so that a heater drive switch signal is transmitted through the heater drive switch. When the input is provided to the control unit, the control unit is characterized in that for heating the inside of the car by driving the heat generating unit and the fan drive unit.

The heating heater may include a main body forming an outer shape of the heating heater, a steel bar having a high thermal conductivity, formed into a bar shape, and formed inside the main body, and wound around the steel bar, by an induction heating method using the heating current. An inductor coil for heating the steel bar, a heat sink that protrudes from one surface of the steel bar corresponding to the air circulation path formed by the main body and the steel bar, and dissipates heat by the steel bar to heat air circulating in the air circulation path; And a blowing fan for supplying air in the vehicle to the air circulation path so that the air can be circulated well in the air circulation path, and a control unit for controlling the heating current provided to the inductor coil and the operation of the blowing fan. It is characterized by.

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The heating heater installation unit, characterized in that it comprises a fixing portion for fixing the heating heater disposed in the removable groove and the heating heater is disposed in the removable groove.

The main body is made of iron, the fixing portion is characterized in that composed of a plurality of magnets.

The inner surface of the vehicle in which the heating heater installation portion is formed is an inner portion of the door.
Independent heating device for a vehicle of the present invention in another embodiment for achieving the above object; A heating heater installation unit formed on an inner surface of a vehicle interior, and a heating heater coupled to the heating heater installation unit and receiving a heating current to heat air in the vehicle by an induction heating method, wherein the heating heater installation unit It is characterized in that it comprises a detachable hole is formed inside the door of the vehicle and the heating heater is inserted, the pressing portion for pressing the heating heater inserted into the detachable hole to one side wall to be fixed in the hole.
The pressing unit may include a pressing plate formed to contact one side of the heating heater, and an elastic body having elasticity and connected to the pressing plate to apply pressure to the pressing plate.

The present invention can be miniaturized by using the inductor heating type heat generation while being able to rapidly heat the inside of the vehicle even in electric vehicles and diesel vehicles, so that the heat source can be located close to the heating target to improve thermal efficiency. Has the effect.

In addition, the present invention is configured to be small to operate independently within the maximum power 100 ~ 200W / up to 20A apart from the vehicle air conditioner has no effect on the engine RPM, thereby improving the fuel consumption efficiency compared to PTC .

In addition, the heating heater of the present invention has an effect of increasing the heater utilization of the user because it is easy to install and remove on the door inner surface of the vehicle.

In addition, the heating device of the present invention has the effect of using the warm water in winter because it is provided with a means for heating the water, the water exchange.

1 is a view showing a cross-sectional view when an independent heating device is configured in a door of a vehicle according to the present invention.
2 is a view showing a heating heater of the independent heating device for cars according to the present invention.
3 is a view showing a method of attaching and detaching a heating heater to the heating heater installation portion of the vehicle door according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a method of attaching and detaching a heating heater to the heating heater installation portion of the vehicle door according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing the electronic structure of the independent heating device for a vehicle according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of an independent heating device for a vehicle according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a view showing a cross-sectional view when an independent heating device is configured in a door of a vehicle according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a view showing a heating heater of the independent heating device for a vehicle according to the present invention.

1 and 2, the independent heating device for cars is composed of a heating heater installation unit 10 and the heating heater 20.

The heating heater installation unit 10 is formed on the interior side of the door 1 of the vehicle or the upper surface of the rear dashboard and serves to couple the heating heater 20 to the door without protruding. The heating heater installation unit 10 may be configured to detach the heating heater 20, or may be configured to be fixed to the inner surface of the vehicle interior, such as a vehicle door or a vehicle rear dashboard during vehicle door production or vehicle assembly. There will be.

The heating heater 20 heats water or heats a steel bar by using induction heating (IH) heat generation, and circulates air in the vehicle by the temperature of the heated water or steel bar. While heating The IH heating method means that a magnetic force line is generated when an induction heating coil (inductor coil) 19 passes an alternating current, and when a vessel (= water housing, containing iron component) is placed at the center of the magnetic force line, an eddy current is formed on the surface thereof. (Eddy Current) Effect is a way of generating heat.

The heating heater 20 according to the present invention is the main body 29 forming the outer shape of the heating heater and the water is filled, the inductor coil 19 is wound and heat the filled water by the IH method heating by the inductor coil A water housing 28 including a heating room 23, a control unit 21, a blower fan 22, and a heat sink 25, or a bar-shaped steel instead of the water housing 28 Steel) may be configured to include a steel bar (Steel Bar) wound the inductor coil 19.

When the steel bar is applied, the steel bar is heated by the induction heating IH of the wound inductor coil 19 to generate heat.

In the following description, a case where a water housing 28 filled with water is applied as shown in FIG. 2 will be mainly described.

The main body 29 forms an outer shape of the heating heater 20 and is directly connected to the heating heater installation unit 10.

The water housing 28 has a space filled with water inward and is waterproofed so that the water filled inside does not leak out. The water housing 28 includes a heating room 23 on the water circulation path 24, may be formed in a 'ㅁ' shape, and may be variously formed, such as a cylindrical shape. The heating room 23 refers to a portion in which the inductor coil 19 is wound in the water housing 28 and may be configured such that the entire water housing becomes the heating room 23. The water filled in the space inside the water housing 28 formed in the shape of “wh” may be circulated for temperature balance. The water housing 28 may be configured to have a means for discharging or replenishing the water filled in the water housing 28 on the upper side where the heating heater 20 is inserted into the heating heater installation unit 10. There will be.

The heating room 23 receives electricity, that is, a heating current through the inductor coil 19 to generate heat by the IH method, thereby heating the water inside the water housing 28.

The blowing fan 22 sucks air in the vehicle interior and supplies the air to the air circulation path 18 formed by the main body and the water housing to circulate the air.

The heat sink 25 is composed of a plurality of protrusions formed on the side of the water housing 28 on the air circulation path 18, the heat transferred to the protrusions by the heating of water to the air circulating in the air circulation path 18 To pass. Even when the steel housing is configured instead of the water housing 28, the heat sink 25 is formed of a plurality of protrusions formed on the side of the steel bar on the air circulation path 18.

The control unit 21 controls the blower fan 22 and controls the heating current provided to the heating room 23.

The heating heater 20 is provided between the inner surface of the main body 29 in contact with the heating heater installation portion 10 and the water housing 28 in contact with the inner surface of the main body to generate heat generated in the water housing 28. The insulation plate 26 may be further included to block the transmission of the heating heater installation unit 10, that is, the vehicle side through the main body 29.

3 is a view showing a method in which the heating heater is coupled to the heating heater installation portion of the vehicle door according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a view showing a case in which the heating heater is detachable.

Referring to FIG. 3, the heating heater installation unit 10 may include a detachable hole 15 configured to form a hole through which two holes 41 and 42 formed up, down, left, and right in an inner part of a door of a vehicle, as shown in FIG. 3. The elastic body 11 is fixed to the inner side of the detachable hole 15 and vertically connected to the elastic body 11 to provide elasticity, thereby providing an insertion gap when the heating heater 10 is inserted into the detachable hole 15. And a pressurizing portion 14 including a pressing plate 12 which prevents the inserted heating heater 10 from moving. The elastic body 11 may be a spring, a temper, a solenoid or the like. When the solenoid is formed of the elastic body 11, a switch or a sensor may be provided on the bottom of the detachable hole 15 to sense the insertion of the heating heater 10. The solenoid may be driven depending on whether it is inserted to provide an insertion gap of the heating heater 10 or to fix the heating heater 10.

4 is a view showing a method of attaching and detaching a heating heater to the heating heater installation portion of the vehicle door according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the heating heater installation unit 10 is not configured in the form of a hole, but in the form of a groove.

In this case, the heating heater installation unit 10 includes a fixing unit 16 for fixing the heating heater 20 at one surface of the detachable groove 17 and the detachable groove 17.

The main body 29 of the heating heater 20 is provided with a fixing groove 36 composed of a pair of the fixing portion 16 at a position corresponding to the position of the fixing portion 16, the heating heater by interference fit method It may be configured to be fixed to the removable groove 17 of the installation portion (10).

Alternatively, the fixing part 16 may be made of a magnet, and the main body 29 of the heating heater 20 may be made of an iron component so as to be fixed to the detachable groove 17 by magnetism.

5 is a view showing the electronic structure of the independent heating device for a vehicle according to the present invention. An electronic structure of the heating apparatus, that is, the configuration and operation of the controller 21 will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

The control unit 21 includes a controller 30, a fan driving unit 31, a heat generating unit 32, and a power supply unit 34.

The controller 30 controls the overall operation of the controller 21.

The fan driver 31 controls the driving of the blower fan 22 under the control of the controller 30.

The heat generator 32 supplies a heating current flowing to the heating room 23 under the control of the controller 30. As an example, the heating current may be supplied within 100W to 200W / up to 20A. Thus, since the maximum power is configured to be small to operate independently within 100 ~ 200W / up to 20A, it does not affect the engine RPM, thereby improving the fuel consumption efficiency compared to the PTC operating in the conventional 100A.

The power supply unit 34 provides driving power required by the controller 30, the fan driving unit 31, and the heat generating units 32. In other words, the power supply unit 34 provides a DC current to the controller 30, a DC or AC power supply to the fan driving unit 31, and a heating current that is an AC power source for applying the IH heating method to the heat generating unit 32. . The power source of the power supply unit 34 may be a battery (not shown), may be composed of a conversion unit (not shown) for converting the source power generated from the battery to the power required for each configuration, it is composed only of the conversion unit May be Therefore, in the latter case, since the power supply of the vehicle is to be applied to the heating heater installation unit 10, the vehicle connector 13 further includes a power pin connected to the battery or the generator of the vehicle, and the heating heater further includes the vehicle connector. It further comprises a heater connector 27 connected to the (13) for providing a source power input through the power pin to the power supply 34. The vehicle connector 13 may be configured at the bottom of the heating heater installation unit 10.

In addition, the heating heater 20 drives the blower fan 22 and supplies a heating current to the heating room 23 to output a switch signal to the controller 30 to start heating or turn off heating. And an independent heating switch in the door open switch unit (not shown) of the vehicle, wherein the independent heating switch is connected to the switch pin of the vehicle connector 13, and the vehicle connector ( The pin corresponding to the switch pin of 13) may be configured to be connected to the controller 30 so that the independent heating device can be turned on / off by operating the independent heating switch configured in the door open switch of the vehicle door. There will be. The independent heating switch may be configured in the audio operation switch unit (not shown) of the steering wheel instead of the door open switch unit of the vehicle, or may be configured in the switch unit configured in the center fascia.

In the above description, a case in which the heating heater installation unit is configured in the door of the vehicle, may be configured anywhere in the vehicle interior, such as near the rear window. In particular, the independent heating device configured as described above may be provided near side windows and rear windows to be used for defrosting initial heating and side windows and rear windows.

 On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described typical preferred embodiment, it can be carried out in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention various modifications, changes, substitutions or additions in the art Anyone who has this can easily understand it. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

1: Car door 10: Heating heater installation
11: elastic body 12: pressing plate
13: vehicle connector 14: pressurization part
15: Detachable hole 16: fixing part
17: removable groove 18: air circulation
19: inductor coil 20: heating heater
21: control unit 22: blowing fan
23: heating room 24: water circulation path
25: heat sink 26: insulation plate
27: heater connector 28: water housing
29: main body 30: controller
31: fan drive unit 32: heat generating unit
33: switch section 34: power supply section
36: fixing groove

Claims (14)

Heating heater installation portion formed on the inner surface of the vehicle interior,
It includes a heating heater coupled to the heating heater installation portion for receiving a heating current to heat the air inside the vehicle by the induction heating method,
The heating heater,
The main body forming the appearance of the heating heater,
A water housing configured to be formed inside the main body and having a space filled with water, and forming a water circulation path through which the filled water can be circulated;
An inductor coil wound around a portion of the circulation path of water to receive the heating current and to heat the water housing by an induction heating method;
A heat sink which protrudes from a water housing corresponding to an air circulation path formed by the main body and the water housing to heat heat circulating through the air circulation path by releasing heat by heated water inside the water housing;
A blowing fan for supplying air in the vehicle to the air circulation path so that air is circulated well in the air circulation path;
Independent heating device for a vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling the operation of the electricity supplied to the inductor coil and the operation of the blowing fan.
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The heating heater,
And an insulating plate provided between the main body inner surface in contact with the heating heater installation unit and the water housing in contact with the main body inner surface to block heat generated from the water housing from being transferred to the main body. Independent heating for cars.
The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
A power supply unit for supplying power,
A fan driver configured to receive the power and generate a fan driving current to supply the blower fan to drive the blower fan;
A heat generator configured to receive the power and generate the heating current for providing the inductor coil;
And a controller for controlling the fan driving unit and the heat generating unit to control heating of the blowing fan and the inductor coil.
5. The method of claim 4,
The control unit,
Independent heating apparatus for a vehicle further comprising a switch unit for outputting a drive command to the controller for the control unit to drive the heat generating unit and the fan drive unit.
5. The method of claim 4,
The power supply unit independent heating device for cars characterized in that the source power source is a battery.
5. The method of claim 4,
The heating heater installation unit,
Further comprising a vehicle connector including a power pin connected to the vehicle power source,
The control unit,
And a heater connector connected to the vehicle connector and receiving the power as a source power to provide the power to the power supply unit.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The vehicle connector further includes a switch pin connected to the heater drive switch configured in the door of the vehicle,
The heater connector is provided to the controller when a pin connected to the switch pin is connected to the control unit and a heater driving switch signal is input through the heater driving switch,
Independent heating device for a vehicle, characterized in that the control unit drives the heat generating unit and the fan drive unit to heat the inside of the car.
Heating heater installation portion formed on the inner surface of the vehicle interior,
It includes a heating heater coupled to the heating heater installation portion for receiving a heating current to heat the air inside the vehicle by the induction heating method,
The heating heater,
The main body forming the appearance of the heating heater,
A high thermal conductivity, a steel bar formed in a bar shape and configured inside the main body;
An inductor coil wound around the steel bar to heat the steel bar by an induction heating method by the heating current;
A heat sink that protrudes from one surface of a steel bar corresponding to an air circulation path formed by the main body and the steel bar, thereby dissipating heat by the steel bar to heat air circulating through the air circulation path;
A blowing fan for supplying air in the vehicle to the air circulation path so that air is circulated well in the air circulation path;
And a controller for controlling the heating current provided to the inductor coil and controlling the operation of the blowing fan.
Heating heater installation portion formed on the inner surface of the vehicle interior,
It includes a heating heater coupled to the heating heater installation portion for receiving a heating current to heat the air inside the vehicle by the induction heating method,
The heating heater installation unit,
A detachable hole formed inside the door of the vehicle and into which the heating heater is inserted;
Independent heating device for a vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a pressurizing portion for pressing the heating heater inserted into the detachable hole to one side of the wall to be fixed inside the hole.
The method of claim 10,
The pressing portion
A pressing plate formed to contact one side of the heating heater;
Independent heating device for an automobile, characterized in that it has an elasticity, and is connected to the pressing plate to apply a pressure to the pressing plate.
10. The method of claim 1 or 9,
The heating heater installation unit,
A detachable groove in which the heating heater is disposed;
Independent heating device for a vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a fixing portion for fixing the heating heater disposed in the removable groove.
The method of claim 12,
The main body is made of iron,
Independent heating device for a vehicle, characterized in that the fixing portion is composed of a plurality of magnets.
The method of claim 1,
Independent heating device for a vehicle, characterized in that the inner surface of the vehicle in which the heating heater installation portion is formed is an inner portion of the door.

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