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US 12,741,509 B2Granted
Thermal management system for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSeong-Bin Jeong
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Abstract
A thermal management system for a vehicle may adjust the temperature of a battery module by using one chiller where the refrigerant and the coolant may exchange heat with each other and a battery heater for selectively heating the coolant, may perform heating of the vehicle interior by using the coolant heated by the battery heater, may simplify a layout of the system and reduce manufacturing costs by forming a plurality of coolant flowing lines by a single valve according to selected mode of the vehicle.
Claims12
A thermal management system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a valve module configured to control flow of a coolant according to at least one mode in which at least one of a temperature of a vehicle interior or a temperature of a battery module is adjusted;
- a first line provided with the battery module and including a first end connected to the valve module to selectively flow the coolant;
- a chiller connected to a second end of the first line;
- a second line including a first end connected to the chiller and a second end connected to the valve module and configured to selectively flow the coolant;
- a third line including a first end connected to the valve module and a second end connected to a battery heater and configured to selectively flow the coolant;
- a fourth line including a first end connected to the battery heater and a second end connected to the valve module and configured to selectively flow the coolant;
- a fifth line including a first end connected to the valve module and a second end connected to a cabin heater and configured to selectively flow the coolant;
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- a sixth line including a first end connected to the cabin heater and a second end connected to the valve module and configured to selectively flow the coolant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.