Integrated Condenser Housing With Warning Light Mounting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Emergency vehicles face a challenge in installing both an external air conditioning condenser and sufficient warning lights on the front of the modular body, as external condensers occupy space needed for lights, reducing visibility and increasing maintenance when mounted under the vehicle, and internal condensers compromise air conditioning performance.

Innovation Solution

An external automotive condenser and light assembly design that integrates a condenser housing with a front-facing surface for mounting warning lights, allowing airflow through grating portions and featuring angled sides for increased visibility and aerodynamics, while maintaining effective air conditioning performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If an external condenser is mounted on the front exterior wall of the emergency vehicle, then air conditioning performance is improved, but space for mounting warning lights is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveair conditioning performanceVSAvoidspace for warning lights

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the condenser housing and warning light assembly into a single integrated structure. The condenser housing serves dual purposes: housing the air conditioning condenser and providing mounting surfaces for warning lights on its front and side surfaces. This merging eliminates the need for separate mounting locations for both components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The condenser housing is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously serves as a structural support for the condenser, a mounting platform for warning lights, and an aerodynamic fairing. The housing includes front and side surfaces specifically designed for light mounting, making it a universal solution for both cooling and visibility requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Area of stationary object

If an external condenser is mounted under the emergency vehicle body, then space for warning lights is preserved, but the condenser is exposed to road hazard damage and excessive heat

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespace for warning lightsVSAvoidroad hazard damage and excessive heat

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the condenser from the vulnerable under-vehicle location and relocates it to the front exterior wall mounting position. By removing the condenser from the harmful environment under the vehicle, the design eliminates exposure to road hazards and excessive heat while maintaining the availability of under-vehicle space for warning lights.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent converts the previously harmful location (under the vehicle where heat and road hazards concentrate) into a beneficial space for mounting warning lights. By relocating the condenser to the front wall, the under-vehicle area becomes ideal for light mounting while the condenser itself is positioned in a more protected and thermally favorable location.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Reliability

If support brackets are used to mount the external condenser on the front exterior wall, then air conditioning performance is improved, but the mounting solution is not aesthetically pleasing and occupies space for warning lights

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveair conditioning performanceVSAvoidmounting structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the support brackets and mounting structure into the condenser housing itself. The housing is designed as an integrated assembly that includes built-in mounting features, eliminating the need for separate, visible support brackets. This integration reduces structural complexity and improves aesthetic appearance while maintaining secure mounting.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The condenser housing is designed as a streamlined, aerodynamic shell that integrates structural support functions. The housing acts as both the protective enclosure and the mounting structure, eliminating the need for additional rigid support brackets and creating a cleaner, more aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Data Source

PatentUS11896534B2External condenser and light assembly

Publication Date: 2024.02.13 REV AMBULANCE GROUP ORLANDO INC

AI summary

An external automotive condenser and light assembly for mounting on a body of a vehicle, the condenser and light assembly includes a condenser housing having a top portion defining at least one top opening and a bottom portion defining at least one bottom opening. The condenser housing includes a front face so as to permit at least one warning light to be affixed thereto. The condenser housing includes a right face extending rearward from the front face. The condenser housing includes a left face extending rearward from the front face. At least one warning light is affixed to an exterior of the front face.