Variable area inlet for vehicle thermal control

Details Variable area inlet for vehicle thermal control Variable area inlet for vehicle thermal control

1997-05-26

1999-04-20

Wayner, William

Heat exchange

With vehicle feature

Utilizing motion of vehicle

622592, 165 803, B60H 300, F28F 700

Patent

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058949879

ABSTRACT:
A variable area inlet structure for a vehicle utilizing ram air for coolant is described which comprises a variable area inlet device in the ram air inlet in the form of a butterfly valve, damper, shutter, or similar structure, a temperature sensor in thermal contact with a component within the vehicle to be cooled by ram air flow, a controller and actuator, responsive to the temperature sensor and operatively connected to the variable area device, for controlling the inlet area in response to the component temperature.

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patent: 5481433 (1996-01-01), Carter
patent: 5523563 (1996-06-01), Moessner
patent: 5669813 (1997-09-01), Jairazbhoy et al.

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