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.
Claims20
A method for servicing a heater core installed in a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- removing a sealing attachment from an interfacing connection interfacing with the heater core;
- sliding the heater core in a direction of insertion;
- disconnecting, from the heater core, the interfacing connection;
- and
- removing the heater core in a direction of extraction,
- wherein the direction of extraction is orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- a heater core;
- and
- a casing with walls defining an internal volume of the HVAC,
- wherein the heater core is configured to slide inward in the internal volume toward the opposite side of the casing, in a direction of insertion,
- wherein the HVAC assembly is configured for servicing the heater core by removing the heater core from the HVAC assembly in a direction of extraction, and
- wherein the direction of extraction is orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- a heater core;
- at least two pipe sleeves interfacing with the heater core, the at least two pipe sleeves transporting fluids to, or from, the heater core;
- and
- at least two sealing attachments that seal at least two sealing points of the HVAC system,
- wherein the heater core is configured to slide inward in the internal volume toward the opposite side of the casing, in a direction of insertion, thereby compressing an elastic material,
- wherein the HVAC system is configured for servicing the heater core by removing the heater core from the HVAC system in a direction of extraction, and
- wherein the direction of extraction is orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.