Integrated thermal management module for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11192425-B2
Application number	US-202016833283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Aug 19, 2019
Publication date	Dec 7, 2021
Grant date	Dec 7, 2021

Abstract

An integrated thermal management module may include a first pump for flowing coolant of an indoor heating line for connecting a first heat exchanger heat-exchanged with a condenser of a refrigerant line and an indoor air-conditioning heating core, a second pump for flowing coolant of an indoor cooling line for connecting a second heat exchanger heat-exchanged with an evaporator of a refrigerant line and an indoor air-conditioning cooling core, a fourth pump for flowing coolant of a battery line for connecting a high-voltage battery core and a third radiator, a first valve simultaneously connected to a second radiator line for connecting the first heat exchanger and a second radiator, the indoor heating line, and the battery line to change flow direction of the coolant, and a second valve simultaneously connected to the indoor cooling line and the battery line to change flow direction of the coolant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An integrated thermal management module for a vehicle, the module including:
a first pump mounted in an indoor heating line and of flowing coolant of the indoor heating line connecting a first heat exchanger of the indoor heating line heat-exchanged with a condenser of a refrigerant line and an indoor air-conditioning heating core of the indoor heating line;
a second pump mounted in an indoor cooling line and of flowing coolant of the indoor cooling line connecting a second heat exchanger of the indoor cooling line heat-exchanged with an evaporator of the refrigerant line and an indoor air-conditioning cooling core of the indoor cooling line;
a third pump mounted in an electric component line and of flowing coolant of the electric component line connecting an electric component core of the electric component line and a first radiator;
a fourth pump mounted in a battery line and of flowing coolant of the battery line connecting a battery core and a third radiator;
a first valve connected to a second radiator line connecting the first heat exchanger and a second radiator, the indoor heating line, and the battery line to change flow direction of the coolant;
a second valve connected to a third radiator line connecting the second heat exchanger and the electric component core or the third radiator, the indoor cooling line, and the battery line to change flow direction of the coolant;
a third valve connected between the third radiator line and the electric component line to change flow direction of the coolant;
a fourth valve connected between a battery heating line, which is branched from the indoor heating line and connected to the battery line, and the indoor heating line to change flow direction of the coolant;
a fifth valve connected between a battery cooling line, which is branched from the indoor cooling line and connected to the battery line, and the indoor cooling line to change flow direction of the coolant; and
a seventh valve connected to the battery line, the battery heating line, and the battery cooling line to change flow direction of the coolant.

2. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first pump, the second pump, the third pump, and the fourth pump, and the first valve, the second valve, the third valve, the fourth valve, the fifth valve, and the seventh valve are modularized to be coupled integrally.

3. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including:
an upper plate extending in a planar direction; and
a lower plate extending in a same planar direction as the planar direction of the upper plate, and having a flow path formed between the lower plate and the upper plate,
wherein the first pump, the second pump, the third pump, and the fourth pump are inserted into and fixed to the upper plate or the lower plate.

4. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including:
an upper plate extending in a planar direction of the upper plate; and
a lower plate extending in a same planar direction as the planar direction of the upper plate, and having a flow path formed between the lower plate and the upper plate,
wherein the first valve, the second valve, the third valve, the fourth valve, the fifth valve, and the seventh valve are mounted into the flow path formed between the upper plate and the lower plate to change flow direction of the coolant.

5. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including a hydrothermal heater mounted in the indoor heating line, heating the coolant flowing therein, and modularized with the first pump, the second pump, the third pump, the fourth pump, the first valve, the second valve, the third valve, the fourth valve, the fifth valve, and the seventh valve to be coupled integrally.

6. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including:
the condenser mounted in the refrigerant line, and connected to be heat-exchanged with the first heat exchanger;
the evaporator mounted in the refrigerant line, and connected to be heat-exchanged with the second heat exchanger; and
a compressor mounted in the refrigerant line, and configured for compressing refrigerant therein,
wherein the condenser, the evaporator, and the compressor are modularized with the first pump, the second pump, the third pump, the fourth pump, the first valve, the second valve, the third valve, the fourth valve, the fifth valve, and the seventh valve to be coupled integrally.

7. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including a six valve connected between a battery recovery line, which is branched from the battery line and connected to the indoor heating line or the second radiator line, and the battery line to change flow direction of the coolant.

8. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including a controller connected to the fourth pump and the seventh valve and configured for controlling the fourth pump and the seventh valve so that the coolant having passed through the battery core is introduced into the first radiator, in a first mode of cooling the battery core through the first radiator mounted in the third radiator line.

9. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including a controller connected to the third pump and the third valve and configured for controlling the third pump and the third valve so that the coolant having passed through the electric component core is introduced into the third radiator, in a second mode of cooling the electric component core through the third radiator.

10. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including a controller connected to the fourth pump and the seventh valve and configured for controlling the fourth pump and the seventh valve so that the coolant having passed through the battery core is introduced into the first radiator mounted in the third radiator line, and configured of controlling radiator, and configured of controlling the third pump and the third valve so that the coolant having passed through the electric component core is introduced into the third radiator, in a third mode of cooling the battery core through the first radiator and cooling the electric component core through the third radiator.

11. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including a controller connected to the second pump, the second valve, and the fifth valve and configured for controlling the second pump, the second valve, and the fifth valve so that the coolant having passed through the second heat exchanger is introduced into the indoor air-conditioning cooling core, and configured of controlling the first pump and the first valve so that the coolant having passed through the first heat exchanger is introduced into the second radiator, in a fourth mode of discharging the cooled air to an indoor space of the vehicle.

12. The integrated thermal management module for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further including a controller connected to the second pump, the second valve, the fifth valve, and the seventh valve and configured for controlling the second pump, the second valve, the fifth valve, and the seventh valve so that the coolant having passed through the second heat exchanger is introduced into the indoor air-conditioning cooling core, and configured of controlling the first pump and the first valve so that the coolant having passe

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Oh Man Ju
• Lee Sang Shin
• Kim Jae Woong
• Chung So La
• Chung Yun Sub
• Choi Gum Bae

Classifications

• B60H1/00571

  of liquid ducts, e.g. for coolant liquids or refrigerants · CPC title

• B60H1/3229

  characterised by constructional features, e.g. housings, mountings, conversion systems (B60H1/3227, B60H1/3233 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/00278 Primary

  for the battery · CPC title

• B60H2001/00307

  Component temperature regulation using a liquid flow · CPC title

• B60L58/26

  by cooling · CPC title