US 11,673,682 B2
Vehicle heat exchanger system including an inflatable member operable to press a cooling tube
Scott Alan Schimmels, Miamisburg, OH (US); Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Mason, OH (US); Thomas Kupiszewski, Liberty Township, OH (US); Paul Alexander Intemann, Fort Thomas, KY (US); and Robert Proctor, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/941,730.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,771, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0031937 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B64D 33/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 33/12 (2013.01) [B64C 1/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A vehicle comprising:
a structure comprising a skin defining an outside surface exposed to ambient cooling flow and an inside surface, the structure comprising a first structural member extending from the inside surface of the skin and a second structural member extending from the inside surface of the skin; and
a thermal management system including a heat exchanger assembly positioned adjacent to, and in thermal communication with, the inside surface of the skin, the heat exchanger assembly positioned at least partially between the first and second structural members of the structure,
wherein the heat exchanger assembly comprises:
a cooling tube; and
an inflatable member,
wherein the inflatable member is operable with the cooling tube to press the cooling tube towards the inside surface of the skin.