Temperature conditioning unit, temperature conditioning system, and vehicle
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsSHIZUKA YOKOTE, TAKU UNO, TAKASHI OGAWA, SHO KOYAMA, MICHIHIRO KUROKAWA
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Abstract
A temperature conditioning unit includes a first temperature conditioning unit part, a second temperature conditioning unit part, and a blower (centrifugal blower). The first temperature conditioning unit part includes a first housing, a first air hole part, a first air chamber, a first object to be temperature-conditioned, and a second air chamber. The second temperature conditioning unit part includes a second housing, a second object to be temperature-conditioned, a second air hole part, and a third air chamber.
Claims19
A temperature conditioning unit including a first temperature conditioning unit part, a second temperature conditioning unit part, and a blower,
- the first temperature conditioning unit part including a first housing, a first air hole part, a first air chamber, a first object to be temperature-conditioned, and a second air chamber,
- the second temperature conditioning unit part including a second housing, a second object to be temperature-conditioned, a second air hole part, and a third air chamber,
- the temperature conditioning unit comprising:
- a partition wall formed such that a part of a wall of the first housing serves as a part of a wall of the second housing or a partition wall formed such that a part of the wall of the second housing serves as a part of the wall of the first housing;
- an air path for connecting an air intake hole of the blower and the second air chamber so as to allow passage of air;
- a structure for disposing an outlet hole of the blower in the third air chamber so as to allow passage of air;
- a structure for disposing a part of the second object to be temperature-conditioned inside the third air chamber;
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- a structure for disposing a part of the blower inside the third air chamber, wherein the blower includes
- an impeller disk that has a rotary shaft at a central portion and a surface extending in a direction intersecting the rotary shaft,
- an impeller that has a plurality of rotor blades, each of the rotor blades extending in a direction along the rotary shaft, having a circular-arc cross section in the direction intersecting the rotary shaft, and having an inner-periphery-side end positioned closer to the rotary shaft and an outer-periphery-side end positioned on an opposite side from the rotary shaft, the circular-arc cross section protruding in a direction of rotation of the impeller disk,
- an electric motor that includes a shaft and that transmits a rotary motion to the rotary shaft through the shaft,
- a fan case that has a side wall extending in a longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft so as to cover the impeller and the air intake hole positioned in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft, and
- an outlet hole corresponding to the air intake hole, and
- the fan case has a flow path for guiding, toward the outlet hole along the side wall, air that is suctioned through the air intake hole and flows toward the outer-periphery-side end from the inner-periphery-side end due to rotation of the impeller by the rotary motion transmitted from the electric motor.
A temperature conditioning unit including a first temperature conditioning unit part, a second temperature conditioning unit part, and a blower,
- the first temperature conditioning unit part including a first housing, a first air hole part, a first air chamber, a first object to be temperature-conditioned, and a second air chamber,
- the second temperature conditioning unit part including a second housing, a second object to be temperature-conditioned, a second air hole part, and a third air chamber,
- the temperature conditioning unit comprising:
- a partition wall formed such that a part of a wall of the first housing serves as a part of a wall of the second housing or a partition wall formed such that a part of the wall of the second housing serves as a part of the wall of the first housing;
- an air path for connecting an outlet hole of the blower and the second air chamber so as to allow passage of air;
- a structure for disposing an air intake hole of the blower in the third air chamber so as to allow passage of air;
- a structure for disposing a part of the second object to be temperature-conditioned inside the third air chamber;
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- a structure for disposing a part of the blower inside the third air chamber, wherein
- the blower includes
- an impeller disk that has a rotary shaft at a central portion and a surface extending in a direction intersecting the rotary shaft,
- an impeller that has a plurality of rotor blades, each of the rotor blades extending in a direction along the rotary shaft, having a circular-arc cross section in the direction intersecting the rotary shaft, and having an inner-periphery-side end positioned closer to the rotary shaft and an outer-periphery-side end positioned on an opposite side from the rotary shaft, the circular-arc cross-section protruding in a direction of rotation of the impeller disk,
- an electric motor that includes a shaft and that transmits a rotary motion to the rotary shaft through the shaft,
- a fan case that has a side wall extending in a longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft so as to cover the impeller and the air intake hole positioned in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft, and
- an outlet hole corresponding to the air intake hole, and
- the fan case has a flow path for guiding, toward the outlet hole along the side wall, air that is suctioned through the air intake hole and flows toward the outer-periphery-side end from the inner-periphery-side end due to rotation of the impeller by the rotary motion transmitted from the electric motor.
The temperature conditioning unit according to claim wherein the first object to be temperature-conditioned includes a secondary battery.
The temperature conditioning unit according to claim wherein the second object to be temperature-conditioned includes a circuit board, an electronic component, a radiator, a relay, or a semiconductor element.
The temperature conditioning unit according to claim wherein
- the fan case further has an inner wall surface that constitutes a part of the flow path and that faces the impeller, and
- the inner wall surface has a curved part curving such that an extension line intersects an axis of the rotary shaft at an acute angle in a plane including the axis, the extension line extending from a line connecting a portion in proximity to the outer-periphery-side end and an edge of the outlet hole.
The temperature conditioning unit according to claim wherein the impeller disk has a guide part inclined toward the outlet hole on an outer periphery of the impeller disk.
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