Back to results
US 12,600,199 B2Granted
Heat pump system for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSeong-Bin Jeong
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a compressor, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module, a heat-exchanger, a first expansion valve, a first connection line, a second expansion valve, and a heat-exchange module. The heat exchange module is configured to exchange heat between a coolant and a refrigerant, and to exchange heat between a high-temperature refrigerant and a low-temperature refrigerant.
Claims14
A heat pump system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant;
- a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module including an internal condenser, an evaporator connected to the compressor via a refrigerant line, and an opening/closing door configured to adjust air having passed through the evaporator to selectively flow into the internal condenser, depending on a cooling mode or a heating mode of the vehicle;
- a heat-exchanger connected to the internal condenser via the refrigerant line;
- a first expansion valve provided on the refrigerant line between the heat-exchanger and the evaporator;
- a first connection line having a first end connected to the refrigerant line between the heat-exchanger and the first expansion valve and having a second end connected to the refrigerant line between the evaporator and the compressor;
- a second expansion valve provided on the first connection line;
- and
- a heat-exchanger module connected to the first connection line and configured to exchange heat between a coolant selectively introduced via a coolant line and the refrigerant introduced via the first connection line, wherein the heat-exchanger module is connected to the refrigerant line and configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant supplied from one of the internal condenser or the heat-exchanger and the refrigerant supplied from one of the evaporator or the first connection line.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.