Patent ID: 7591148
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: B60K,F01P,F25B,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. A heat exchanger module comprising: a condenser for cooling and condensing a refrigerant; a modulator which separates the refrigerant from the condenser into gas refrigerant and liquid refrigerant; a sub-cooler for cooling the liquid refrigerant supplied from the modulator; and a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid different from the refrigerant, wherein: the condenser, the sub-cooler and the heat exchanger are stacked immediately adjacent one another in a stacked direction that is substantially perpendicular to a flow direction of air passing through the condenser; the modulator has a dimension in the stacked direction, that is larger than the sum of a dimension of the condenser and a dimension of the sub-cooler in the stacked direction, and is equal to or smaller than the sum of the dimension of the condenser, the dimension of the sub-cooler and a dimension of the heat exchanger in the stacked direction; the heat exchanger includes a core portion in which the fluid is heat exchanged with air passing therethrough, a first heat exchanger header tank located at one side of the core portion, and a second heat exchanger header tank located at an opposite side of the core portion; the modulator is connected to the second heat exchanger header tank; and an inlet pipe is connected to the first heat exchanger header tank.