Refrigerant circulating apparatus for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsYeonho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Tae Hee Kim
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Abstract
A refrigerant circulating apparatus for a vehicle, includes at least one heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant; at least one valve provided to selectively flow the refrigerant to the at least one heat exchanger; and a refrigerant distribution unit having a first surface on which the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve are provided and a second surface on which at least one flow path through which the refrigerant circulates through the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve is provided.
Claims19
A refrigerant circulating apparatus for a vehicle, the refrigerant circulating apparatus comprising:
- at least one heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant;
- at least one valve provided to selectively flow the refrigerant to the at least one heat exchanger;
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- a refrigerant distribution unit having:
- a first surface on which the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve are provided;
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- a second surface, wherein at least one flow path through which the refrigerant circulates through the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve is provided on the second surface,
- wherein the refrigerant distribution unit includes:
- a main plate having:
- a plurality of penetration holes, wherein the plurality of penetration holes are formed to correspond to the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve;
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- a first surface to which the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve are mounted;
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- at least one path body coupled to the main plate so that at least one path through which the refrigerant flows is formed by selectively connecting the penetration holes on a second surface of the main plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.