US20070051493A1 - Heat exchanger provided with fixing elements, in particular in a vehicle - Google Patents

Heat exchanger provided with fixing elements, in particular in a vehicle Download PDF

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US20070051493A1
US20070051493A1 US10/552,448 US55244804A US2007051493A1 US 20070051493 A1 US20070051493 A1 US 20070051493A1 US 55244804 A US55244804 A US 55244804A US 2007051493 A1 US2007051493 A1 US 2007051493A1
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Viorel Braic
Adolf Schembera
Dirk Becker
Stephan Bittner
Ralf Zimmermann
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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
    • 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
    • F28F9/001—Casings in the form of plate-like arrangements; Frames enclosing a heat exchange core
    • F28F9/002—Casings in the form of plate-like arrangements; Frames enclosing a heat exchange core with fastening means for other structures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B39/00—Evaporators; Condensers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators

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  • the invention relates to a heat exchanger with fixing elements comprising predetermined points of fracture, in particular in a motor vehicle, according to the preamble of patent claim 1 .
  • Such a heat exchanger is known from EP 0 870 638 B1, where the predetermined points of fracture serve in particular the purpose of making it possible for the heat exchanger itself to come away undamaged from the fixing elements in the event of a vehicle accident.
  • the repair costs can be reduced considerably in comparison with the case of damage to the heat exchanger when the fixing is not separable.
  • a predetermined point of fracture once destroyed cannot be restored when repair is effected. Rather, the area of the heat exchanger originally comprising the predetermined point of fracture has to be replaced with a component to be connected firmly to the heat exchanger. The component to be attached firmly is screwed specially into the heat exchanger.
  • the invention deals with the problem of making it possible to replace a predetermined fracture point mounting of a heat exchanger with an equally effective predetermined fracture point mounting again in as simple a way as possible even after a first fracture of this mounting.
  • the parts to be replaced after a preceding predetermined fracture are on the one hand to be connectable as simply as possible to the heat exchanger and on the other hand to make possible simple remounting of the heat exchanger in its supports.
  • the invention is based on the general idea of locating the predetermined points of fracture on the fixing elements of the heat exchanger in areas which can be connected to the heat exchanger by quick-acting connections.
  • it is especially advantageous to provide the predetermined points of fracture in such a way that the quick-acting connections already open automatically when a predetermined fracture occurs.
  • FIG. 1 shows a heat exchanger, illustrated in dot-dash lines, with different quick-acting fixing elements at its upper and lower corners;
  • FIG. 2 shows an exploded illustration of an upper quick-acting connection
  • FIG. 3 shows an exploded illustration of a lower quick-acting connection.
  • a heat exchanger 1 indicated in perspective only by dot-dash lines is mounted vertically at the top and at the bottom between an upper support and a lower support 4 and 5 respectively via upper and lower quick-acting connections 2 and 3 respectively.
  • the heat exchanger can be in particular a cooling module in the front area of a motor vehicle and comprise a water cooler, a condenser and a fan.
  • the upper and lower supports 4 and 5 are indicated only symbolically for supporting elements usually present in a motor vehicle in these areas.
  • the inlet and outlet lines for fluids flowing through the heat exchanger are in each case provided at least with flexible areas, so that, when predetermined points of fracture are provided between the heat exchanger 1 and the supports 4 and 5 , the heat exchanger 1 itself can be displaced undamaged out of its fixing position when a predetermined fracture occurs.
  • Such undamaged displacement of the heat exchanger is to be possible in the event of a vehicle accident in order that on the one hand no heat exchanger fluid can escape and on the other hand cost-effective repair can be carried out without exchanging the heat exchanger 1 .
  • the upper and lower quick-acting connections 2 and 3 are designed differently.
  • a lower quick-acting connection 3 is described in greater detail below with reference to the exploded illustration in FIG. 3 .
  • This quick-acting connection 3 is designed in the form of a dovetail connection.
  • a tongue part 6 of the quick-acting connection 3 is an inseparable component of the heat exchanger 1 .
  • the groove part 7 of the quick-acting connection 3 assigned complementarily to the tongue part 6 can be connected detachably to a bearing 9 within the lower support 5 via a formed-on pin 8 .
  • the groove part 7 of the quick-acting connection 3 is designed as a sacrificial part which functions when a predetermined fracture takes place.
  • at least one of the two webs 10 of the groove part 7 is provided with a predetermined point of fracture 11 designed as a material weakening.
  • the quick-acting connection bursts open automatically by virtue of the web 11 provided with the predetermined point of fracture breaking off.
  • the bearing 9 within the lower support 5 is in particular an elastic bearing.
  • FIG. 2 shows the construction of the upper quick-acting connection 2 .
  • an upper pin 12 is connected firmly and inseparably to the heat exchanger 1 .
  • a sleeve 14 provided with a cap 13 is provided as a complementary quick-acting connection means for connection to the upper pin 12 . After being guided through an opening within the upper support 4 , the sleeve 14 can with the aid of the cap 13 be snapped firmly but detachably into this upper support 4 .
  • the sleeve 14 is provided with slits 15 for creating predetermined points of fracture.
  • An elastic bearing ring 16 is introduced between the quick-acting connection means which engage with one another in the upper quick-acting connection 2 , namely the upper pin 12 and the sleeve 14 .
  • the sleeve 14 When a predetermined fracture takes place in the area of an upper quick-acting connection 2 , the sleeve 14 , weakened by the slits 15 , breaks open, by virtue of which the upper pin 12 is freed. By virtue of this, the heat exchanger 1 can be displaced without damage.
  • the lower quick-acting connections 3 are renewed by joining the groove and tongue parts 6 , 7 together.
  • the heat exchanger 1 is then inserted via the lower pins 8 into the bearings 9 of the lower support 5 , pivoting of the heat exchanger 1 being possible by virtue of the elasticity of the bearings 9 .
  • the heat exchanger 1 is pivoted into a position in which renewed sleeves 14 of the upper quick-acting connections 2 can be connected through the upper support 4 to the respective upper pin 12 of the heat exchanger 1 .
  • the sleeves 14 are snapped firmly in the upper support 4 by means of the caps 13 connected to them.
  • the heat exchanger 1 is mounted ready for operation with a renewed predetermined fracture mounting, which allows renewed breaking-open caused by an accident.

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  • Details Of Heat-Exchange And Heat-Transfer (AREA)
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  • Cooling, Air Intake And Gas Exhaust, And Fuel Tank Arrangements In Propulsion Units (AREA)
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DE10315887A DE10315887B4 (de) 2003-04-08 2003-04-08 Wärmetauscher mit Befestigungselementen in einem Kraftfahrzeug
DE10315887.1 2003-04-08
PCT/EP2004/003605 WO2004090453A1 (de) 2003-04-08 2004-04-05 Wärmetauscher mit befestigungselementen in insbesondere einem kraftfahrzeug

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JP (1) JP4648306B2 (de)
KR (1) KR101126977B1 (de)
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BR (1) BRPI0409096A (de)
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KR20050120709A (ko) 2005-12-22
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