Electronic control valve for HVAC system of vehicle and control method of HVAC system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11685232-B2
Application number	US-201916702991-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2019
Priority date	May 20, 2019
Publication date	Jun 27, 2023
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023

Abstract

An electronic control valve for an HVAC system of a vehicle may include, in the electronic control valve configured to control the angle of a swash plate (angle with respect to the surface perpendicular to a rotation shaft of a compressor) in the compressor in an HVAC system, a solenoid, a plunger coupled to the solenoid member and configured to slid according to whether the solenoid is magnetized, a valve body formed integrally with the plunger, and configured to open or close a supply flow path through which a fluid flows into the compressor, a discharge flow path through which a fluid is discharged from the compressor, and a control flow path through a fluid flows to control the angle of the swash plate mounted inside the compressor, a diaphragm configured to operate the plunger by the pressure of refrigerant, and a return spring configured to return the plunger, and the solenoid is applied with power according to a vehicle target cooling load.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control valve apparatus of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and of controlling an angle of a swash plate with respect to a rotation shaft of a compressor in the HVAC system, the control valve apparatus comprising:
a solenoid member;
a plunger coupled to the solenoid member and configured to selectively slid according to whether the solenoid member is magnetized;
a valve body formed integrally with the plunger, and configured to open or close a supply flow path through which a fluid flows into the compressor, a discharge flow path through which a fluid is discharged from the compressor, and a control flow path through a fluid flows to control the angle of the swash plate mounted inside the compressor;
a diaphragm operating the plunger by a pressure of fluid; and
a return spring engaged to the plunger and configured to return the plunger,
wherein the solenoid member is applied with power according to a vehicle target cooling load,
wherein the control valve apparatus is controlled to be opened or closed according to whether the power is applied to the solenoid member and according to a pressure of the fluid supplied to the supply flow path,
wherein the control valve apparatus is configured to maintain a closed state thereof or is open according to application of the power to the solenoid member and the pressure of the fluid supplied to the supply flow path, and
wherein when the pressure of the fluid supplied to the supply flow path is less than a setting pressure set to change opening and closing the control flow path, the control valve apparatus is changed to an open state.

2. The control valve apparatus of the HVAC system of claim 1 ,
wherein the angle of the swash plate is controlled by a controller so that the angle of the swash plate is one of a maximum angle and a minimum angle.

3. The control valve apparatus of the HVAC system of claim 2 ,
wherein in a response that the vehicle target cooling load is equal to a maximum load, the power supplied to the solenoid member is blocked and a tilt angle of the swash plate maintains a maximum state thereof so that the swash plate compresses the fluid to a maximum.

4. The control valve apparatus of the HVAC system of claim 2 ,
wherein in a response that the vehicle target cooling load is equal to a minimum load, the power is supplied to the solenoid member and a tilt angle of the swash plate is changed to a minimum state so that the swash plate compresses the fluid to a minimum.

5. The control valve apparatus of the HVAC system of claim 1 ,
wherein the setting pressure is a first setting pressure, and
wherein in a response that the power is not applied to the solenoid member, and the pressure of the fluid supplied to the supply flow path is equal to or more than the first setting pressure set to change opening and closing the control flow path in a state where the power has been not applied, the control valve apparatus is configured to be maintained in a closed state.

6. The control valve apparatus of the HVAC system of claim 1 ,
wherein the setting pressure is a first setting pressure, and
wherein in a response that the power is not applied to the solenoid member, and the pressure of the fluid supplied to the supply flow path is less than the first setting pressure set to change opening and closing the control flow path in a state where the power has been not applied, the control valve apparatus is changed to an open state.

7. The control valve apparatus of the HVAC system of claim 1 ,
wherein the setting pressure is a second setting pressure,
wherein in a response that the power is applied to the solenoid member, and the pressure of the fluid supplied to the supply flow path is equal to or more than the second setting pressure set to change opening and closing the control flow path in a state where the power has been applied, the control valve apparatus is configured to be maintained in a closed state, and
wherein the second setting pressure is higher than a first setting pressure set to change opening and closing the control flow path in a state where the power has been not applied to the solenoid.

8. The control valve apparatus of the HVAC system of claim 1 ,
wherein the setting pressure is a second setting pressure,
wherein in a response that the power is applied to the solenoid member, and the pressure of the fluid supplied to the supply flow path is less than the second setting pressure set to change opening and closing the control flow path in a state where the power has been applied, the control valve apparatus is changed to an open state, and
wherein the second setting pressure is higher than a first setting pressure set to change opening and closing the control flow path in a state where the power has been not applied to the solenoid.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Son Ji-Wan
• Jung Tae-Hun

Classifications

• B60H1/00735

  Control systems or circuits characterised by their input, i.e. by the detection, measurement or calculation of particular conditions, e.g. signal treatment, dynamic models · CPC title

• B60H1/3223

  characterised by the arrangement or type of the compressor (B60H1/3222 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04B27/0865

  swash plate bearing means or driving axis bearing means · CPC title

• B60H2001/3255

  related to temperature · CPC title

• B60H2001/3238

  related to the operation of the compressor · CPC title