Patent ID: 9550406
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B32B,B60H,B60K,B60L,B60Y,C09J,F16B,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T,Y10T

Claim:
1. A thermal dissipation system suitable for placement within a channel defined by a vehicle that draws ambient air through the channel during operation of the vehicle, the thermal dissipation system comprising: a heat exchanger configured to provide cooling and heating for a cabin air conditioning system; a first heat sink and a second heat sink arranged forward of and laterally shifted to opposing sides of the heat exchanger, each of the heat sinks configured to be in thermal contact with an operational heat emitting component of the vehicle; and a plurality of air deflectors configured to alter a flow of the ambient air through the thermal dissipation system by transitioning between two or more configurations, wherein in a first configuration the air deflectors are arranged to direct all the ambient air passing through the thermal dissipation system through one of the first and second heat sinks and then subsequently rejoin the ambient air after flowing through the heat exchanger and in a second configuration the air deflectors are arranged to allow a portion of the ambient air to flow directly to the heat exchanger by passing through a gap between the first heat sink and the second heat sink, wherein the first configuration is a heating configuration for the cabin air conditioning system and the second configuration is a cooling configuration for the cabin air conditioning system.