US 12,337,987 B2
Vehicle heat exchanger system including an inflatable operable with 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, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/311,985.
Application 18/311,985 is a division of application No. 16/941,730, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,673,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,771, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271714 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 33/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 33/12 (2013.01) [B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64C 1/064 (2013.01); B64C 1/34 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a heat exchanger assembly of a thermal management system operable with an inside surface of a skin of a vehicle, the method comprising:
inflating an inflatable member of the heat exchanger assembly operable with a cooling tube of the heat exchanger assembly to press the cooling tube towards the inside surface of the skin;
determining a condition of the vehicle, of the thermal management system, or both; and
modifying a pressure within the inflatable member in response to the determined condition of the vehicle, of the thermal management system, or both.