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US 12,427,830 B2Granted
Heat pump system for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hanon Systems
InventorsHoyoung Jeong, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeong Jun Kim, Hae Jun Lee, Seong Hun Kim, Beom Seok Joo, Yun Jin Kim
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Abstract
A heat pump system for a vehicle is configured to perform cooling or heating of the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjust the temperature of the battery module by using a single chiller that heat-exchanges refrigerant and coolant.
Claims22
A heat pump system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an air conditioner unit comprising a compressor, a second heat-exchanger, a third heat-exchanger, and a fourth heat-exchanger that are connected through a refrigerant line so as to circulate refrigerant through a refrigerant line;
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- a chiller connected to the refrigerant line through a second connection line, and configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant supplied from the air conditioner unit and a coolant to adjust a temperature of the coolant,
- wherein the air conditioner unit further comprises:
- a first control apparatus provided in the refrigerant line downstream of the compressor;
- a first heat-exchanger connected to the first control apparatus through a first connection line;
- a second control apparatus provided at a position where the refrigerant line and the second connection line are connected upstream of the chiller and the fourth heat-exchanger;
- a third control apparatus provided in the refrigerant line between the fourth heat-exchanger and the compressor;
- a third connection line including:
- a first end connected to the refrigerant line between the fourth heat-exchanger and the third control apparatus, and a second end connected to the refrigerant line between the third heat-exchanger and the second control apparatus;
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- a fourth control apparatus provided in the third connection line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.