Vehicle Body Hollow-Profile Cooling Insert for Easy Replacement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle cooling systems require significant energy, space, and are difficult to replace due to permanent installation, especially during high cooling demands like super-fast charging.
Innovation Solution
A cooling device arrangement featuring a vehicle body element with a hollow profile and a cooling device that fits within, using a form-fitting design without gluing, incorporating an inner profile component with a transport channel and optional phase change accumulators for heat management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cooling devices are permanently installed and glued in vehicle body elements, then cooling reliability is improved, but ease of replacement and maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling device is designed as a separate, modular component that can be independently removed from the vehicle body element. The hollow profile is segmented into a removable cooling device portion and a permanent vehicle body structure, allowing the cooling device to be replaced without replacing the entire vehicle body element.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling device is extracted as a distinct removable component from the vehicle body element. It can be taken out through an opening in the vehicle body element for replacement or maintenance purposes, while the vehicle body element itself remains intact.
2Stability of the object's composition
If cooling devices are permanently glued in vehicle body elements, then stability of installation is improved, but ease of manufacture and assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The installation structure is segmented into a permanent vehicle body element with an opening and a separate cooling device that fits into this opening. This segmentation allows the cooling device to be easily assembled by inserting it through the opening without requiring gluing or permanent fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling device is nested within the hollow profile of the vehicle body element. The cooling device fits into the hollow space of the vehicle body element, creating a nested structure that provides stable installation while maintaining ease of assembly through simple insertion.
3Volume of stationary object
If cooling devices are designed with fixed dimensions for vehicle body elements, then space utilization is improved, but adaptability to different vehicle models deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle body element is designed with a standardized hollow profile and opening that can accommodate different cooling devices. This universal design allows the same vehicle body element structure to be used across different vehicle models while allowing the cooling device to be adapted to specific cooling requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling device dimensions can be dynamically adapted to match the hollow profile of different vehicle body elements. The cooling device is designed with adjustable or variable dimensions that can be configured to fit different hollow profile sizes and shapes, enabling adaptability across various vehicle models.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution reduces space requirements, enables easy installation and replacement, and effectively manages heat peaks by temporary storage and distribution, enhancing cooling efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a transport channel through which a heat carrier fluid can flow
Implementation Method 2
The inner profile component can have a thermally conductive and/or heat-storing material which can in particular receive and temporarily store heat from the heat carrier fluid
Implementation Method 3
the inner profile component can have further heat accumulators, such as a phase change accumulator or latent heat accumulator
Implementation Method 4
the inner profile component can have further heat accumulators, such as a phase change accumulator or latent heat accumulator
Data Source
AI summary
A cooling device arrangement including a vehicle body element with a hollow profile that provides a receiving space; and a cooling device including an inner profile component on the outer surface of which a transport channel is provided through which a heat carrier fluid can flow. Dimensions of the cooling device are adapted to the hollow profile such that the cooling device can be inserted into the receiving space of the hollow profile and is held in the receiving space in a form-fitting manner and without gluing.