The present invention relates to a thermal management system including: a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a condenser, a first expander and an evaporator, wherein refrigerant circulates in the refrigerant circulation line; a heating line for heating the interior by circulating cooling water exchanging heat with the refrigerant through the condenser; and a cooling line for cooling heating sources by exchanging heat between the cooling water and air or exchanging heat between the cooling water and the refrigerant.

A cooling structure includes: a first heat exchanger including a first heat dissipating portion configured to cool coolant for a first device and a second heat dissipating portion configured to cool coolant for a second device, the first and second heat dissipating portions being arranged along a plane facing in a fore and aft direction with respect to the vehicle and constituting a unitary structural body extending along the plane facing in the fore and aft direction; and a second heat exchanger including a third heat dissipating portion configured to cool coolant for a third device, the third heat dissipating portion extending along the plane facing in the fore and aft direction and being disposed in front of the first heat exchanger to overlap with a part of the first heat exchanger as seen in the fore and aft direction.

A seal assembly of an air handling system includes a housing formed by a first housing portion coupled to a second housing portion. The first housing portion has a plurality of ribs formed in a waffle pattern. The housing receives a portion of the fluid conduits. A seal engages an outer surface of the housing and receives the fluid conduits.

Disclosed are joint active thermal management (ATM) systems for electric-drive vehicles, control logic for operating such ATM systems, and electric-drive vehicles equipped with a joint ATM system for heating/cooling the powertrain's drive unit (DU) section, power electronics (PE) section, and rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) section. A disclosed active thermal management system includes a first coolant loop with fluid conduits fluidly connecting a first electronic heat exchanger and a first pump with the DU and PE sections. The ATM system also includes a second coolant loop with fluid conduits fluidly connecting a second electronic heat exchanger and a second pump with the RESS section. A coolant-to-coolant heat exchanger, which is fluidly connected to the first and second coolant loops, is operable to selectively transfer heat between the coolant fluid circulating in the first set of fluid conduits and the coolant fluid circulating in the second set of fluid conduits.

A heating and cooling system for a vehicle included within a radiator module having a plurality of fins. At least two thermophysical batteries are provided, each including an adsorption bed unit and an evaporator condenser unit. At least one upper coolant line extends along the adsorption bed unit of each of the thermophysical batteries and is configured to be connected to a source of waste heat of the vehicle for transferring heat from the source of waste heat to a coolant contained in the coolant line and to the adsorption bed units to recharge the adsorption bed unit. At least one distribution element configured in discharge mode to convey heated fluids from adjacent the adsorption bed units or cooled fluids from adjacent to the evaporator condenser units to another region of the vehicle.

A seal assembly for an air handling system of a motor vehicle comprises a panel having a surface disposed on a first plane, a plurality of spaced apart ribs with an end of each of the ribs disposed on a second plane, and a sealing structure having a first face in facing relationship with the surface of the panel and an opposing second face in facing relationship with the plurality of the spaced apart ribs. The first face includes a first projection projecting therefrom including a first sealing surface spaced apart from the second face of the main body by a first distance and second projection projecting away from the first sealing surface of the first projection and including a second sealing surface spaced apart from the second face of the main body by a second distance greater than the first distance.

A vehicle air-conditioning unit includes a seal compressing portion presses a sealing component against a partition wall that separates an interior and an exterior of a vehicle compartment. The seal compressing portion is positioned in the interior of the vehicle compartment and includes a tubing routing space through which inner tubing extends, and a drain space positioned below the tubing routing space to receive water drained from the tubing routing space. The drain space communicates with the exterior of the vehicle compartment via a through hole of the partition wall to discharge water from the drain space to the exterior of the vehicle compartment.

Systems and methods are provided for thermal control using vascular channels. Vascular channels are incorporated in a network within a component. The component is a part of a manufactured environment configured for occupants. A fluid circuit is connected with the vascular channels and circulates a fluid through the component to alter a thermal state of the component.

Systems and methods for a heat exchange system used to heat or cool a space are presented. The system includes an airflow source for providing an airflow and at least one conduit that defines an airflow path for receiving the airflow from the airflow source. The air conduit comprises an upwind portion and a downwind portion such that the airflow passes through the air conduit from the upwind portion to the downwind portion. The system further includes a heat exchange medium flow source for providing a heat exchange medium flow and at least one heat exchange medium conduit that defines a heat exchange medium flow path for receiving the heat exchange medium from the heat exchange medium flow source. The heat exchange medium conduit is positioned inside a corresponding air conduit to define a heat exchanger in which heat may be transferred between the airflow within the air conduit and the heat exchange medium flow within the heat exchange medium conduit.

A fluid pipe for a heating and air conditioning unit, exhibiting a pipe coupling section produced at least predominantly from plastic in the area of a mouth of the pipe, wherein a bead that is constructed from plastic and runs around the circumference of the pipe in the pipe coupling section and protrudes outward and wherein a circumferential ring that also runs around the circumference of the pipe and is produced from metal or a metal alloy is attached to the bead.