Portable evaporative cooler for vehicles

摘要

The portable evaporative cooler for vehicles includes a housing with a hanging hook and suction cups for selective mounting to a side window of a vehicle. The housing is divided into various interior compartments for an airflow manifold, a misting assembly, and a heat exchange system. The airflow manifold includes a fan that positively feeds ambient air through a first heat exchanger to pre-cool the air prior to subjecting the same to a moisture mist from the misting assembly for further cooling. The cooled air flows through a second heat exchanger for final cooling prior to exiting the housing and into the interior of the vehicle. The fan forces airflow in one direction to recycle the ambient air through the housing. A controller is coupled to a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor to monitor the air and control the components to cool the air to desired or predetermined levels.

主权项

1. An evaporative cooler for vehicles, comprising:
a housing, the housing having a front, a back, opposite sides, a top, and a bottom, an inlet disposed in the bottom for introducing ambient air into the housing, and an outlet disposed in the front for expelling cooled air; wherein the top, bottom, opposite sides, front, and back define an interior that is substantially hollow; a mounting assembly for vertically securing the housing onto a planar object; wherein the mounting assembly is adjacent to the back of the housing; a manifold mounted in the interior of the housing for directing airflow from the inlet toward the outlet; a fan disposed within the manifold for selectively inducing the airflow in a unitary direction from the inlet to the outlet; a first heat exchange member mounted in the manifold between the inlet and the outlet at a first position for cooling the ambient air; a misting assembly mounted in the interior of the housing, and having a nozzle disposed in the manifold between the inlet and the outlet; wherein the misting assembly sprays a fine mist of fluid into the airflow to moisten and cool the ambient air, and form a mixture of ambient air and fluid; a second heat exchange member mounted between the inlet and the outlet at a second position, the second heat exchange member cooling the mixture; a control panel mounted to the housing, the control panel providing powering and controlling operations of the evaporative cooler; wherein the housing is disposed within an interior of a vehicle by the mounting assembly; and at least one heat exchange pipe; wherein the first heat exchange member being disposed downstream of the fan, pre-cools the ambient air prior to subjecting the ambient air to the mist from the misting assembly; wherein the second heat exchange member being disposed downstream from the misting assembly, cools the mixture of ambient air and fluid prior to the mixture exiting the outlet; and wherein the at least one heat exchange pipe extending between the first heat exchange member and the second heat exchange member to interconnect the first heat exchange member to the second heat exchange member and facilitate heat transfer therebetween.