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US 11,440,376 B2Granted
Technologies for manifolds
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorJohn David Calderone
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising a compressor and a manifold physically and fluidly coupled to the compressor.
Claims30
A device comprising:
- a discrete plate-shaped manifold that has first and second spaced-apart, parallel, and oppositely-facing major planar outer surfaces and one or more fluid channels in between the first and second major planar outer surfaces which major planar outer surfaces enclose the one or more fluid channels;
- at least one compressor in fluid communication with the manifold and attached to and hosted on the first major planar outer surface;
- and
- a fluid source in fluid communication with the manifold and attached to and hosted on the second major planar outer surface,
- wherein,
- the manifold extends between the at least one compressor and the fluid source, and
- the fluid source includes at least one of a condenser, a chiller, a receiver-drier, or a coolant container, and
- wherein the manifold comprises two or more plates stacked and secured together, a first plate having the first major planar outer surface and a first interior surface, a second plate having a second interior surface, the first and second plates positioned with the first and second interior surfaces facing each other, the first interior surface, the second interior surface, or both having the one or more of the fluid channels formed therein as concavities therein.
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An HVAC assembly comprising:
- a discrete plate-shaped manifold that has first and second spaced-apart, parallel, and oppositely-facing major planar outer surfaces and one or more fluid channels in between the first and second major planar outer surfaces which major planar outer surfaces enclose the one or more fluid channels;
- a fluid source which is fluidly coupled to the manifold and which is attached to and hosted on the manifold;
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- at least one compressor which is in fluid communication with the manifold and which is attached to and hosted on the manifold, the at least one compressor being located on the first major planar outer surface and the fluid source being located on the second major planar outer surface,
- wherein the manifold comprises two or more plates stacked and secured together, a first plate having the first major planar outer surface and a first interior surface, a second plate having a second interior surface, the first and second plates positioned with the first and second interior surfaces facing each other, the first interior surface, the second interior surface, or both having the one or more of the fluid channels formed therein as concavities therein.
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A motorized vehicle comprising:
- an HVAC assembly including a fluid source;
- a discrete plate-shaped manifold that has first and second spaced-apart, parallel, and oppositely-facing major planar outer surfaces and one or more fluid channels in between the first and second major planar outer surfaces which major planar outer surfaces enclose the one or more fluid channels to which the fluid source is coupled and on which the fluid source is hosted;
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- at least one compressor which is fluidly coupled to the manifold and which is attached to and hosted on the first major planar outer surface, the fluid source being attached to and hosted on the second major planar outer surface,
- wherein the manifold comprises two or more plates stacked and secured together, a first plate having the first major planar outer surface and a first interior surface, a second plate having a second interior surface, the first and second plates positioned with the first and second interior surfaces facing each other, the first interior surface, the second interior surface, or both having the one or more of the fluid channels formed therein as concavities therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.