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US 12,734,379 B2Granted
Vehicle, vehicle control apparatus, and vehicle fire suppressing apparatus
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong Chan Park, Hee Kyung Kang
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle includes a vehicle body, a battery provided in an interior of the vehicle body, and a first channel connecting the vehicle body and the battery and having a passage, a port that is provided to be opened and closed is formed in the vehicle body, and the first channel connects the battery and the port.
Claims7
A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- a switching valve provided between a first cooling circulation passage and a third cooling circulation passage passing via a battery and provided in an interior of a battery case including the battery;
- a path valve provided between a second cooling circulation passage and the third cooling circulation passage;
- a first cooling fluid pump configured to supply the first cooling fluid;
- a second cooling fluid pump configured to supply the second cooling fluid;
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- a controller electrically connected to the first cooling fluid pump, the second cooling fluid pump, the switching valve, and the path valve, the controller configured to drive the first cooling fluid pump to supply the first cooling fluid to the first cooling circulation passage to cool a battery module and drive the second cooling fluid pump to supply the second cooling fluid to the second cooling circulation passage, in response to a detection of fire, the controller further configured to drive the switching valve to switch a flow of the first cooling fluid from the first cooling circulation passage to the third cooling circulation passage and selectively drive the path value to switch a flow of the second cooling fluid from the second cooling circulation passage to the third cooling circulation passage.
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