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US 12,715,262 B2Granted
Refrigerant valve module for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSeong-Bin Jeong
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Abstract
A refrigerant valve module for a vehicle may include a valve manifold interiorly forming a refrigerant fluid line so as to selectively discharge or bypass a supplied refrigerant, and a plurality of valve assemblies mounted in the valve manifold so as to control flowing of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant fluid line.
Claims11
A refrigerant valve module for a vehicle, the refrigerant valve module comprising:
- a valve manifold interiorly forming a refrigerant fluid line and configured to selectively discharge or bypass a supplied refrigerant;
- and
- a plurality of valve assemblies mounted in the valve manifold and configured to control a flow of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant fluid line,
- wherein the valve manifold comprises:
- a first body inside which a first fluid line is formed;
- a first mounting groove communicating with the first fluid line, and formed in the first body to be capable of mounting a first valve assembly among the plurality of valve assemblies;
- a second body inside which a second fluid line is formed;
- a second mounting groove communicating with the second fluid line, and formed in the second body to be capable of mounting a second valve assembly among the plurality of valve assemblies;
- a third body inside which a third fluid line is formed;
- a third mounting groove communicating with the third fluid line, and formed in the third body to be capable of mounting a third valve assembly among the plurality of valve assemblies;
- a first connection portion interiorly forming a first connection fluid line, and disposed between the first body and the second body to interconnect the first body and the second body;
- a second connection portion interiorly forming a second connection fluid line, and disposed between the first body and the third body to interconnect the first body and the third body;
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- a plurality of refrigerant holes communicating with the first mounting groove, the second mounting groove or the third mounting groove, and
- wherein the plurality of refrigerant holes is formed in the first body, the second body, the third body, the first connection portion, and the second connection portion, respectively, such that refrigerant is introduced or discharged through the plurality of refrigerant holes, and
- wherein the plurality of refrigerant holes comprises:
- a first refrigerant hole communicating with the first mounting groove through the first fluid line, and horizontally formed toward the second body based on a length direction of the valve manifold;
- a second refrigerant hole communicating with the first mounting groove through the first fluid line, and horizontally formed toward the third body based on the length direction of the valve manifold;
- and
- a third refrigerant hole communicating with the first mounting groove through the first fluid line, and formed perpendicular to the first and the second refrigerant hole in an opposite direction of the first mounting groove.
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