A vehicle comprising a compressor and a manifold physically and fluidly coupled to the compressor.

A cooling apparatus for a vehicle for cooling a high-voltage device group mounted on the vehicle includes a radiator mechanism including a first radiator, a fan disposed adjacent to the first radiator, and a second radiator disposed between the first radiator and the fan. A first refrigerant circulation circuit performs heat exchange with a first group device in the high-voltage device group by circulation of a first refrigerant which radiates heat by the first radiator. A second refrigerant circulation circuit performs heat exchange with a second group device in the high-voltage device group by circulation of a second refrigerant which radiates heat by the second radiator. A chiller circuit includes a chiller where the chiller circuit includes a communication circuit which causes a downstream side of the chiller and an upstream side of the first radiator to communicate with each other through a flow-passage switching valve.

A resin material, in which the elongation at break in an environmental condition at a predetermined temperature of 100° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower is 50% or more, a content of a plasticizer is 3 mass % or less with respect to the total mass of the resin material, a strength at break in the environmental condition at this predetermined temperature is 5 MPa or more, the elongation at break is 500% or less, and a 10% modulus is 3 MPa or less, is formed into a tubular form and used as an inner surface layer, an intermediate layer, and an outer surface layer of a hose, and components of an air conditioner are connected through the hose. Such resin matarial, and also a hose including the resin materail, which are mainly used for an air conditioner installed in a vehicle, have improved durability in a high temperature environment.

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.

A support device secures first tubes and second tubes to a vehicle body. The first tubes and the second tubes extend outward from an air conditioning case of a vehicle air conditioning system. The support device is outside the air conditioning case. The support device includes a first bracket in contact with the first tubes, and a second bracket in contact with the second tubes. The support device includes a common bracket coupled to both of the first bracket and the second bracket. The common bracket and the first bracket are in contact with the first tubes from opposite sides, holding the first tubes therebetween. The common bracket and the second bracket are in contact with the refrigerant tubes from opposite sides, holding the refrigerant tubes therebetween.

A vehicle air conditioning device includes a case, disposed inside a vehicle cabin separated from a forward compartment by a dash panel, in which an internal space (11a) is formed, a heater core that is disposed in the internal space, a hot water supply pipe that can supply hot water to the heater core, a hot water collecting pipe that can collect hot water that has passed through an interior of the heater core, and a holder member that holds the hot water pipes. The holder member includes a first holding portion that comes into contact with the hot water pipes, and a second holding portion that opposes the first holding portion, is provided across a gap, and comes into contact with the hot water pipes.

A system for connecting and sealing flexible and rigid pipes under high pressure comprises a flexible pipe, rigid pipes, and transition connectors, wherein two ends of each transition connector are respectively connected with the flexible pipe and one rigid pipe, external sides of the flexible pipe and the transition connectors are coated with a rubber layer, buckling sleeves are buckled on the rubber layer outside the transition connectors, aluminum alloy connectors are embedded into external surfaces, extending out of the rubber layer, of the transition connectors, and external buckling sleeves are buckled on external surfaces of the aluminum alloy connectors.

A refrigerant hose has an innermost tube defining a lumen therein, and the innermost tube is based on one of a hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR), an HNBR containing polymer blend, or a copolymer thereof, which is cured with a phenol-formaldehyde resin. The refrigerant hose may further include an optional permeation inhibiting layer which surrounds the innermost tube when incorporated, a reinforcing layer disposed outwardly from the innermost tube and the optional permeation inhibiting layer when this layer is used, and a cover layer disposed outwardly from the reinforcing layer. The innermost tube has a volume swell percentage of 10% or less when exposed to polyolester oil or polyalkylene glycol oil for 168 hrs @ 125° C. Additionally, the innermost tube is devoid of peroxide and may further be devoid added elemental sulfur, sulfur donors and/or additives containing sulfur within their molecular structures.

An arrangement for sealing functional unit interfaces includes a functional unit, an interface, and a sealing element. The interface has a first main surface, a second main surface, and an opening. The second main surface has a clamping section enclosing the opening. The functional unit has a front face with a counter-clamping section opposite the clamping section. The sealing element has a sealing body and a support element at least partially arranged within the sealing body. The sealing body has a first section clamped between the clamping section and the counter-clamping section. The opening is closed by a second section of sealing body, which is at least partially arranged between the opening and the front face. The support element is partially arranged in the first section and partially in the second section of the sealing body. The support element and the sealing body consist of different materials.

This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).