Heater core and method for servicing a heater core
AssigneeValeo North America, Inc.
InventorsGregory Rademacher, Jason Kreucher, Heather Hartman
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Abstract
A method for servicing a heater core installed in a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle includes removing a sealing attachment from an interfacing connection interfacing with the heater core. The method includes sliding the heater core in a direction of insertion. The method includes disconnecting, from the heater core, the interfacing connection. The method includes removing the heater core in a direction of extraction, the direction of extraction being orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
Claims8
A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle, the HVAC assembly comprising:
- a heater core;
- a supporting cover configured to detach from the HVAC assembly in a direction of extraction;
- a locking element configured to lock the supporting cover by sliding in a direction orthogonal to the direction of extraction;
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- a casing with walls defining an internal volume of the HVAC,
- wherein the heater core interfaces with an interfacing connection, the interfacing connection being connected to a sealing attachment,
- wherein the heater core is configured to slide inward in the internal volume toward an opposite side of the casing, in the direction of insertion,
- wherein the HVAC assembly is configured for removing the heater core by removing the heater core from the casing in the direction of extraction, and
- wherein the direction of extraction of the heater core is orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- an HVAC assembly comprising:
- a heater core;
- a supporting cover configured to detach from the HVAC assembly in a direction of extraction;
- a locking element configured to lock the supporting cover by sliding in a direction orthogonal to the direction of extraction;
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- a casing with walls defining an internal volume of the HVAC assembly;
- at least two pipe sleeves interfacing an interfacing connection that interfaces with the heater core, the at least two pipe sleeves interfacing connection transporting fluids to, or from, the heater core;
- and
- at least two a sealing attachment that seal at least two seals a sealing points point of the HVAC system,
- wherein the interfacing connection is connected to the sealing attachment,
- wherein the heater core is configured to slide inward in the internal volume toward an opposite side of the casing, in the direction of insertion, thereby compressing an elastic material,
- wherein the HVAC system is configured for removing the heater core by removing the heater core from the casing in the direction of extraction, and
- wherein the direction of extraction of the heater core is orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.