Vehicle Cooling Line Integration Without a Separate Radiator
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge of effectively dissipating heat from electric vehicle components like batteries and motors while maintaining aesthetic design and aerodynamic performance is hindered by the volume occupied by traditional radiators, which restrict platform height and degrade vehicle appearance.
Innovation Solution
A cooling system that integrates a cooling fluid exchange between a cooling target component line and a vehicle air conditioning line, allowing heat exchange without a separate radiator, thereby reducing vehicle volume and enhancing design freedom.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a radiator is mounted in the vehicle to dissipate heat from battery and motor, then heat dissipation function is improved, but vehicle platform height is increased and aesthetic appearance is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the cooling function for motorization equipment with the vehicle air conditioning system into a single integrated apparatus. The heat exchange fluid circulates through both the cooling target component (battery/motor) and the vehicle interior space, merging two separate cooling functions into one system, thereby eliminating the need for a separate radiator and reducing platform height.
Solution Approach 2:
The heat exchange fluid serves multiple functions simultaneously: it cools the battery and motor components while also conditioning the vehicle interior temperature. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to replace traditional separate radiator and air conditioning systems, reducing overall vehicle height and improving aesthetics.
2Temperature
If a radiator is mounted in the vehicle to dissipate heat, then heat dissipation function is improved, but bumper holes are required which degrade aerodynamic performance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the cooling function with the existing air conditioning system, eliminating the need for separate radiator openings in the bumper. The integrated system uses the vehicle's existing air intake and circulation pathways, thereby maintaining aerodynamic performance while achieving effective heat dissipation.
3Temperature
If a radiator is mounted in the vehicle, then heat dissipation function is improved, but design freedom of platform is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the cooling function into the air conditioning system, the patent eliminates the need for dedicated radiator mounting space, thereby freeing up design possibilities for the vehicle platform and allowing for more flexible and innovative design configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the heat dissipation function from the traditional radiator system and integrates it into the air conditioning system. This extraction and reintegration approach removes the constraint of fixed radiator mounting locations, enhancing design freedom for the vehicle platform.
4Temperature
If a radiator is mounted in the vehicle, then heat dissipation function is improved, but volume occupied by radiator increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the cooling function for motorization equipment with the vehicle air conditioning system, eliminating the need for a separate radiator component. This integration significantly reduces the volume occupied by cooling systems in the vehicle, as the same heat exchange fluid and circulation pathways serve both cooling functions.
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
This system effectively cools vehicle components and maintains internal space utilization by eliminating the need for a radiator, allowing for reduced platform height and improved aesthetic and aerodynamic performance.
Implementation Method 1
a connection line extending from the cooling line toward the vehicle air conditioning line and comprising a region configured to allow for the first heat exchange fluid and the second heat exchange fluid to exchange heat with each other
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AI summary
A vehicle may include a cooling target component part to be cooled. The vehicle may include a cooling target component part cooling line through which a first heat exchange fluid for cooling the cooling target component part flows, a vehicle air conditioning line through which a second heat exchange fluid, which heats or cools an internal space of the vehicle while exchanging heat with the internal space of the vehicle, flows, and a connection line extending from the cooling target component part line toward the vehicle air conditioning line and configured to define and/or supply a region in which the first heat exchange fluid and the second heat exchange fluid exchange heat with each other.