ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A SEALING ELEMENT AND A HEAT EXCHANGER, IN AN AIR CHANNEL

• US 20150159961A1
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mahle International GmbH (MAHLE-STIFTUNG GmbH)
• Original Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Company KG (MAHLE-STIFTUNG GmbH)
• Inventors: Berndt, Ralf
• Granted Patent: US 10,094,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00321 Heat exchangers for air-conditioning devices B60H1/3227 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00521 Mounting or fastening of components in housings, e.g. heat exchangers, fans, electronic regulators
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00585 Means for monitoring, testing or servicing the air-conditioning
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 2001/00635 Air-tight sealing devices
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 1/00 Tubular elements; Assemblies of tubular elements specially adapted for movement F28F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2225/02 for casings
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2230/00 Sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2265/30 for preventing vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2280/06 Adapter frames, e.g. for mounting heat exchanger cores on other structure and for allowing fluidic connections
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 9/001 Casings in the form of plate-like arrangements; Frames enclosing a heat exchange core
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 9/002 with fastening means for other structures

Abstract

Arrangement comprising a sealing element and a heat exchanger, in an air channel, wherein the heat exchanger has a plurality of pipes which carry a first fluid and are defined in their end regions by collection vessels and can have a second fluid flowing around them. The arrangement is characterized in that the air channel has a first guide groove on an inner surface, which guide groove is formed by a first web and a second web, and a second guide groove which is formed by a third web and a fourth web, the third web and the fourth web being disposed between the first web and the second web and the sealing element enveloping the heat exchanger along the collecting vessels and its short sides.

Claims

1. An arrangement comprising a sealing element and a heat exchanger, in an air channel, the heat exchanger having a multiplicity of tubes which conduct a first fluid, are delimited in their end regions by way of manifolds, and can be flowed around by a second fluid, wherein the air channel has a first guide groove on an inner face, which first guide groove is formed by a first web and a second web, and has a second guide groove which is formed by a third web and a fourth web, the third web, and the fourth web being arranged between the first web and the second web, and the sealing element encompassing the heat exchanger along the manifolds and its short sides.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger is plugged with one of the manifolds into the first guide groove and in the process the sealing element is plugged into the second guide groove.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing element is supported on one of the inner faces of the air channel and on those sides of the third web and the fourth web which face one another.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger is fixed substantially via the supporting action of the sealing element with respect to the inner face and with respect to the first guide groove.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing element is formed from an elastic material.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing element is formed by a solid rubber O-ring or by a hollow profile rubber or by a foam with closed pores.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing element seals the heat exchanger against the inner faces of the air channel.

9. The arrangement comprising a sealing element and a heat exchanger, as claimed in claim 1, in an air channel of an air conditioning system, wherein the heat exchanger is plugged with both manifolds in each case into a first guide groove and with the sealing element in each case into a second guide groove, the first guide grooves and the second guide grooves being arranged on inner faces of the air channel which lie opposite one another.

8. An arrangement comprising a sealing element and a heat exchanger, in an air channel of an air conditioning system, wherein the heat exchanger is plugged with both manifolds in each case into a first guide groove and with the sealing element in each case into a second guide groove, the first guide grooves and the second guide grooves being arranged on inner faces of the air channel which lie opposite one another.