US 2026/0126224 A1 · MULTI-WAY VALVE, HEAT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, AND VEHICLE

Abstract

A multi-way valve and a heat management apparatus. The transmission assembly is connected to the at least two valve cores. The driver assembly is disposed at a first end of the housing and is connected to the transmission assembly. The driver assembly is configured to drive, by using the transmission assembly, each valve core to rotate. The plurality of valve cores are sequentially disposed in the axial direction, and no radial size of the multi-way valve is additionally increased, to help implement a miniaturization design of the multi-way valve. The driver assembly may drive, by using the transmission assembly, each valve core to rotate, so that mutual interference between different valve cores can be avoided. When a connection state or a disconnection state between different interfaces needs to be switched, flexibility and reliability are good.

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Dependent claims

A multi-way valve comprising:

a housing configured to accommodate at least two valve cores, wherein each valve core of the at least two valve cores is configured to rotate relative to the housing, and the at least two valve cores are sequentially disposed in an axial direction;
and
a driver assembly disposed on an outer side of the housing, wherein the driver assembly is configured to drive, by using a transmission assembly, each valve core to rotate.

A heat management apparatus comprising:

a controller,
a plurality of heat exchangers, and
at least one multi-way valve. the multi-way valve comprising:
a housing configured to accommodate at least two valve cores, wherein each valve core of the at least two valve cores is configured to rotate relative to the housing, and the at least two valve cores are sequentially disposed in an axial direction;
and
a driver assembly disposed on an outer side of the housing, wherein the driver assembly is configured to drive, by using a transmission assembly, each valve core to rotate;
wherein the controller is connected to the driver assembly in the multi-way valve, the controller is configured to control a rotation angle of the valve core by using the driver assembly, and the at least one multi-way valve is configured to connect to or disconnect from a path between the at least two heat exchangers.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/436,810Filed 30 Dec 2025

Priority

CN 202310807980.53 Jul 2023

Published

7 May 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

F16K 11/22
Operated by separate actuating members: with an actuating member for each valve, e.g. interconnected to form multiple-way valves
F25B 41/26
Disposition of valves, e.g. of on-off valves or flow control valves: of fluid flow reversing valves
B60H 1/00278
HVAC devices specially adapted for particular vehicle parts or components and being connected to the vehicle HVAC unit: for the battery
B60H 1/00485
Heating, cooling or ventilating devices: valves for air-conditioning devices, e.g. thermostatic valves

Multi-way valve, heat management apparatus, energy storage device, and vehicle

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Multi-way valve, heat management apparatus, energy storage device, and vehicle

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Abstract

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