Thermostat and cooling system having the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorHyo Jo Lee
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Abstract
A thermostat includes: a thermostat housing having an inlet and an outlet; an internal housing having a main valve hole and a fail-safe hole, wherein the internal housing is disposed within the thermostat housing and internal housing and has a main chamber communicating with the inlet of the thermostat housing; a wax housing disposed within the internal housing and having a first wax and a second wax; a first valve selectively opening or closing the main valve hole according to expansion or shrink of the first wax; and a second valve selectively opening or closing the fail-safe hole according to expansion or shrink of the second wax.
Claims12
A thermostat comprising:
- a thermostat housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- an internal housing having a main valve hole and a fail-safe hole, wherein the internal housing is disposed within the thermostat housing and has a main chamber, which communicates with the inlet of the thermostat housing, inside the internal housing;
- a wax housing disposed inside the internal housing and having a first wax and a second wax;
- a first valve selectively opening or closing the main valve hole according to expansion or shrink of the first wax;
- a second valve selectively opening or closing the fail-safe hole according to expansion or shrink of the second wax;
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- a coolant passage, through which coolant flowing through the fail-safe hole flows out to the outlet of the thermostat housing, defined between the thermostat housing and the internal housing.
A cooling system comprising:
- a coolant pump supplying a coolant to an engine;
- an integrated thermal management valve receiving the coolant from the engine and distributing the coolant, wherein the integrated thermal management valve has a thermostat mounted thereto;
- a radiator connected with the integrated thermal management valve and the coolant pump;
- a controller controlling operations of the integrated thermal management valve,
- wherein the thermostat comprises:
- a thermostat housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- an internal housing having a main valve hole and a fail-safe hole, wherein the internal housing is disposed within the thermostat housing and has a main chamber, which communicates with the inlet of the thermostat housing, therein;
- a wax housing disposed within the internal housing and having a first wax and a second wax;
- a first valve selectively opening or closing the main valve hole according to expansion or shrink of the first wax;
- a second valve selectively opening or closing the fail-safe hole according to expansion or shrink of the second wax;
- an electric heater configured to selectively expand the first wax;
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- a coolant passage, through which coolant flowing through the fail-safe hole flows out to the outlet of the thermostat housing, defined between the thermostat housing and the internal housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.