US6569550B2
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Vehicle cooling/heating circuit
Assignee: Valeo Klimasysteme GmbH
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Filing: 2000-12-19
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Granted: 2003-05-27
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Expires: 2020-12-19
Abstract
Abstract A cooling/heating circuit for a vehicle with at least two constituent circuits, which are at least in part at different temperatures and each contain at least one cooler for cooling at least one assembly in each case, the constituent circuits being coupled fluid-mechanically to one another.
Inventors
- 👤 Noureddine Khelifa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 16:40
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60H; B60H1/00; B60H1/32; B60H1/3204; B60H1/323; B60H1/02; B60H1/14; B60H1/143; B60L; B60L58/00; B60L58/30; B60L58/32; B60L58/33; F; F01; F01P; F01P3/00; F01P3/20; F01P7/00; F01P7/14; F01P7/16; F01P7/165; H; H01; H01M; H01M8/00; H01M8/04; H01M8/04007; H01M8/04029; B60L2240/00; B60L2240/40; B60L2240/42; B60L2240/425; F01P2050/00; F01P2050/24; F01P2060/00; F01P2060/02; F01P2060/10; F01P2060/14; H01M2250/00; H01M2250/20; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/30; Y02E60/50; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/64; Y02T90/00; Y02T90/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A cooling/heating circuit for a vehicle with at least two constituent circuits, said at least two constituent circuits being at least in part at different temperatures and each containing at least one cooler in order on each case to cool at least one assembly, wherein the constituent circuits are coupled fluid-mechanically to one another, wherein at least one of said assemblies to be cooled is/are connected upstream of the one of said assemblies to be cooled that has the highest heat output.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A cooling/heating circuit for a vehicle with at least two constituent circuits, said at least two constituent circuits being at least in part at different temperatures and each containing at least one cooler in order on each case to cool at least one assembly, wherein the constituent circuits are coupled fluid-mechanically to one another, wherein at least one of said assemblies to be cooled is/are connected upstream of the one of said assemblies to be cooled that has the highest heat output.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the constituent circuits are coupled to one another either by a common pump, two pumps with a common drive or by a device which, on the basis of flow in one constituent circuit, brings about flow in another constituent circuit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the constituent circuits have temperature transfer means that allow a temperature transfer through a common line section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A cooling/heating circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling and/or temperature transfer between constituent circuits can be controlled.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein one constituent circuit is assigned as a control circuit to another constituent circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the assemblies to be cooled includes a fuel cell with a heat exchanger interposed for association with one of the constituent circuits.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the assemblies to be cooled is a condenser of an air-conditioning system, said condenser is arranged at a coolest point in the cooling/heating circuit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the assemblies to be cooled include any two from the group including an intercooler, a fuel cell (heat exchanger), an exhaust-gas condenser and a fuel cooler, and are connected directly in series in one of said constituent circuits.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
The cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the assemblies to be cooled include any two from the group including an intercooler, an air-conditioning condenser, a fuel cooler, an inverter and an electric motor, and are connected in parallel in one of said constituent circuits.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said assemblies to be cooled includes at least one from the group including an air-conditioning condenser, an exhaust-gas condenser and an intercooler.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
60 words
A heating/air-conditioning system including a cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the assemblies to be cooled includes anyone from the group including an air-conditioning condenser, an exhaust-gas condenser and an intercooler, and is/are arranged in one of said constituent circuits that does not contain said assembly to be cooled having the highest heat output.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
A cooling/heating circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the coolers are arranged in separate air ducts.
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