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US 12,590,640 B2Granted
Flow reversing apparatus
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorLorenzo Crosatti
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Abstract
An apparatus to reverse the direction of fluid flow is provided. The apparatus can include a first channel and a second channel. The first channel and second channel can define a first position to provide a first fluid flow direction via the first channel and the second channel. The apparatus can include a third channel and a fourth channel. The third channel and the fourth channel can define a second position to provide a second fluid flow direction via the third channel and the fourth channel. The apparatus can be configured to actuate from the first position to the second position to reverse flow direction from the first fluid flow direction to the second fluid flow direction.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least four separate channels having at least eight separate openings including:
- a first channel having a first opening and a second opening and a second channel having a third opening and a fourth opening, the first channel and the second channel in a first position to provide a first fluid flow direction via the first channel and the second channel;
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- a third channel having a fifth opening and a sixth opening and a fourth channel having a seventh opening and an eighth opening, the third channel and the fourth channel in a second position to provide a second fluid flow direction via the third channel and the fourth channel;
- a first face having the first opening of the first channel, the third opening of the second channel, the fifth opening of the third channel, and the seventh opening of the fourth channel;
- a second face separate from the first face, the second face having the second opening of the first channel, the fourth opening of the second channel, the sixth opening of the third channel, and the eighth opening of the fourth channel;
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- the apparatus configured to actuate from the first position to the second position to reverse flow direction from the first fluid flow direction to the second fluid flow direction.
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A system, comprising:
- a first submodule having a bottom surface;
- a second submodule having a top surface;
- a thermal component positioned between the top surface of the second submodule and the bottom surface of the first submodule, the thermal component having a cooling line, the thermal component defining a first opening and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening connected by the cooling line;
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- a valve configured to actuate from a first position to a second position, the valve comprising at least four separate channels having at least eight separate openings including:
- a first ingress channel having a first opening and a second opening, the first ingress channel in communication with the first opening of the thermal component with the valve in the first position;
- a first egress channel having a third opening and a fourth opening, the first egress channel in communication with the second opening of the thermal component with the valve in the first position;
- a second ingress channel having a fifth opening and a sixth opening, the second ingress channel in communication with the second opening of the thermal component with the valve in the second position;
- a second egress channel having a seventh opening and an eighth opening, the second egress channel in communication with the first opening of the thermal component with the valve in the second position;
- a first face having the first opening of the first ingress channel, the third opening of the first egress channel, the fifth opening of the second ingress channel, and the seventh opening of the second egress channel;
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- a second face separate from the first face, the second face having the second opening of the first ingress channel, the fourth opening of the first egress channel, the sixth opening of the second ingress channel, and the eighth opening of the second egress channel.
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An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a battery pack comprising:
- a first submodule having a bottom surface;
- a second submodule having a top surface;
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- a thermal component positioned between the top surface of the second submodule and the bottom surface of the first submodule, the thermal component having a cooling line, the thermal component defining a first opening and a second opening, the first opening of the thermal component and the second opening of the thermal component connected by the cooling line;
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- a valve configured to communicate with the thermal component, the valve comprising:
- a first channel having a first opening and a second opening and a second channel having a third opening and a fourth opening, the first channel and the second channel in a first position to provide a first fluid flow direction;
- a third channel having a fifth opening and a sixth opening and a fourth channel having a seventh opening and an eighth opening, the third channel and the fourth channel in a second position to provide a second fluid flow direction;
- a first face having the first opening of the first channel, the third opening of the second channel, the fifth opening of the third channel, and the seventh opening of the fourth channel;
- a second face separate from the first face, the second face having the second opening of the first channel, the fourth opening of the second channel, the sixth opening of the third channel, and the eighth opening of the fourth channel;
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- the valve configured to actuate from the first position to the second position to reverse flow direction from the first fluid flow direction to the second fluid flow direction.
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