US 11,724,810 B2
Outer panel-mediated cooling system
Yu Haruki, Kobe (JP); Keiji Sakagawa, Kobe (JP); Kazuhide Hakamada, Kobe (JP); and Ryosuke Mitani, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
Appl. No. 17/418,254
Filed by Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/050594
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/138076, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-245269 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063817 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 13/006 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outer panel-mediated cooling system for a transportation machine, comprising:
an outer shell including an outer panel, an inner panel located inward of the outer panel, and a heat-insulating layer located between the outer and inner panels;
a cooling chamber that is located between the outer and inner panels and in which a cooled gas releases heat outside through the outer panel and is thus cooled;
a circulation loop in which a heat medium circulates, the circulation loop including a heating section located inward of the inner panel to heat the heat medium and a cooling section located in the cooling chamber to cool the heat medium;
a flow path-forming structure located in the cooling chamber to form a circulation path for the cooled gas; and
a fan located in the cooling chamber to exert a drive force on the cooled gas to allow the gas to circulate in the circulation path,
wherein the cooled gas indirectly cools the heat medium passing through the cooling section, and the cooled gas and the heat medium are not mixed.