Electric oil pump system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11214240-B2
Application number	US-201816209552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

An electric oil pump system allows the cooling of an electric oil pump (EOP) and an oil pump controller (OPU) to be performed efficiently in the vehicle equipped with the electric oil pump. An electric oil pump of the system includes a pumping part that is operated by power of a motor to suction and direct pressurized oil. An oil pump controller operates the electric oil pump. A water-cooled cooling apparatus cools the oil pump controller using coolant and an oil-cooled cooling apparatus cools the electric oil pump using oil. The coolant of the water-cooled cooling apparatus and the oil of the oil-cooled cooling apparatus pass through a heat exchanger and as the coolant and oil pass therethrough, heat exchange is achieved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric oil pump system, comprising:
an electric oil pump in which a pumping part is operated by power of a motor to suction and direct pressurized oil;
an oil pump controller configured to operate the electric oil pump;
a water-cooled cooling apparatus configured to cool the oil pump controller using coolant;
an oil-cooled cooling apparatus configured to cool the electric oil pump using oil; and
a heat exchanger, wherein the coolant of the water-cooled cooling apparatus and the oil of the oil-cooled cooling apparatus pass through the heat exchanger and heat exchange is achieved as the coolant and oil pass therethrough,
wherein the oil-cooled cooling apparatus includes a flow path for cooling the motor,
wherein the heat exchanger is disposed between the oil pump controller and the electric oil pump, and
wherein the oil pump controller controls the motor.

2. The electric oil pump system of claim 1 , wherein the electric oil pump is an oil pump configured to direct a suctioned pressurized oil to a valve body to supply the oil to a transmission through the valve body.

3. The electric oil pump system of claim 1 , wherein the electric oil pump and the oil pump controller are composed of an integral structure with integrally coupled with each other and with the heat exchanger interposed therebetween.

4. The electric oil pump system of claim 1 , wherein the water-cooled cooling apparatus includes:
a radiator configured to emit heat of the coolant;
a coolant line that connects the radiator with the heat exchanger; and
a water pump configured to suction and direct a pressurized coolant to circulate along the coolant line between the radiator and the heat exchanger.

5. The electric oil pump system of claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger includes a coolant flow path through which the coolant passes.

6. The electric oil pump system of claim 5 , wherein the heat exchanger and the oil pump controller are integrally coupled with each other to be heat-transferable to cool the oil pump controller by the coolant passing through the coolant flow path of the heat exchanger.

7. The electric oil pump system of claim 1 , wherein the oil-cooled cooling apparatus includes:
a first oil flow path formed in the electric oil pump and a first part of oil among the pressurized oil directed from the electric oil pump is divided to flow in the heat exchanger;
a second oil flow path formed in the heat exchanger, connected with the first oil flow path and allowing heat exchange between the passing oil and the coolant passing through the coolant path of the heat exchanger while the oil flowing in from the first oil flow path passes; and
a third oil flow path formed in the electric oil pump, connected with the second oil flow path and allowing the cooling of the motor of the electric oil pump while the oil flowing in from the second oil flow path passes.

8. The electric oil pump system of claim 7 , wherein a suction port in which the oil is suctioned and an exhaust port from which the pressurized oil is exhausted are provided at the pumping part of the electric oil pump.

9. The electric oil pump system of claim 8 , wherein the first oil flow path is divided from an outlet port side flow path which is connected from the pumping part of the electric oil pump to the exhaust port to allow the pressurized oil directed to the exhaust port to flow therein and wherein the first oil flow path is connected with the second oil flow path in the heat exchanger.

10. The electric oil pump system of claim 9 , wherein the third oil flow path is joined with an inlet port side flow path which is connected with the suction port at the pumping part of the electric oil pump, and the oil flowing from the third oil flow path and the inlet port side flow path flows toward the outlet port side flow path of the pumping part.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Gyeong Cheol
• Jeong Sang Hyun
• Kim Jong Hyun
• Lee Hak Sung
• Kim Seong Hwan
• Yang Dae Won
• Kang Seung Jae

Classifications

• F16H61/0031

  using auxiliary pumps, e.g. pump driven by a different power source than the engine · CPC title

• F01M1/12

  Closed-circuit lubricating systems not provided for in groups F01M1/02 - F01M1/10 · CPC title

• B60W10/30 Primary

  including control of auxiliary equipment, e.g. air-conditioning compressors or oil pumps · CPC title

• F16H57/0446

  the supply forming part of the transmission control unit, e.g. for automatic transmissions · CPC title

• F16H57/0441

  Arrangements of pumps · CPC title