Reservoir tank for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11624312-B2
Application number	US-202217679725-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2022
Priority date	Mar 19, 2021
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

A reservoir tank includes a tank portion having a cover coupled to an upper portion thereof, and having coolants with different temperatures supplied thereto, a heat exchange reduction portion partitioning an internal space of the tank portion into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space, and having the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space formed to be spaced from each other, and a discharge portion formed in the heat exchange reduction portion and formed to allow coolant flowing into the heat exchange reduction portion to be discharged back to the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reservoir tank for a vehicle, the reservoir tank comprising:
a tank portion into which coolants with different temperatures are supplied, wherein a cover is coupled to an upper portion of the tank portion;
a heat exchange reduction portion partitioning an internal space of the tank portion into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space, wherein the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space are spaced from each other in the internal space of the tank portion; and
a discharge portion provided in the heat exchange reduction portion and formed to allow coolant flowing into the heat exchange reduction portion to be discharged back to the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space, respectively,
wherein the heat exchange reduction portion includes:
a first partition member forming a boundary with the first accommodation space;
a second partition member forming a boundary with the second accommodation space; and
a support member supporting the first partition member and the second partition member inside the tank portion, and

wherein the support member is formed to be inclined downward toward the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space, respectively, at a position where the discharge portion is formed.

2. The reservoir tank of claim 1 , wherein the support member is formed on a center portion of a lower portion of the tank portion that connects the first accommodation space to the second accommodation space, and supports the first partition member and the second partition member.

3. The reservoir tank of claim 1 ,
wherein the discharge portion is formed on each of the first partition member and the second partition member.

4. The reservoir tank of claim 1 ,
wherein the support member is formed to be inclined downward toward the discharge portion in an internal space of the first partition member and an internal space of the second partition member.

5. The reservoir tank of claim 2 ,
wherein the discharge portion is formed to have a length from a bottom surface of the support member up to a boundary surface with the cover.

6. The reservoir tank of claim 1 ,
wherein the discharge portion is formed at a position higher than a maximum coolant line provided in the tank portion to allow an air in the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space to flow into the heat exchange reduction portion.

7. The reservoir tank of claim 1 ,
wherein the first partition member forms the boundary between the heat exchange reduction portion and the first accommodation space, and is provided to match with a first partition wall of the cover in a state where a main partition wall of the cover matches with the heat exchange reduction portion when the cover is coupled to the tank portion, and
wherein the second partition member forms the boundary between the heat exchange reduction portion and the second accommodation space and the second partition member is provided to match with a second partition wall of the cover in a state where the main partition wall of the cover matches with the heat exchange reduction portion when the cover is coupled to the tank portion.

8. The reservoir tank of claim 7 , wherein first and second discharge portions are formed on the first partition member and the second partition member, respectively, to have lengths from a bottom surface of the support member up to the first partition wall and the second partition wall.

9. The reservoir tank of claim 8 , wherein the first and second discharge portions are formed at positions higher than a position of a maximum coolant line provided in the tank portion.

10. The reservoir tank of claim 9 , wherein the support member is formed to be inclined downwardly from an end portion of the heat exchange reduction portion up to the position corresponding to the maximum coolant line.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Park Jong Il
• Cha Yong Woong
• Yun Joong Su

Classifications

• B60K11/02 Primary

  with liquid cooling · CPC title

• B62D5/062

  Details, component parts · CPC title

• F01P11/00

  Component parts, details, or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01P1/00 - F01P9/00 · CPC title

• B60T17/06

  Applications or arrangements of reservoirs · CPC title

• F01P3/20

  Cooling circuits not specific to a single part of engine or machine (F01P3/22 takes precedence) · CPC title