US 12,220,981 B2
Expansion tanks for vehicle cooling systems and vehicle cooling systems
Bingrong Lin, Zhejiang (CN); Junbo Xu, Zhejiang (CN); Guibin Li, Zhejiang (CN); and Qiang Xue, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN); and ZHEJIANG LIANKONG TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 18/256,888
Filed by ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN); and ZHEJIANG LIANKONG TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/090143
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/226763, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092160 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 11/02 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expansion tank for a vehicle cooling system, characterized in that,
the expansion tank comprises a tank body and a chamber provided inside the tank body,
a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided on the tank body,
a diversion channel matched with a bottom of the tank body is provided inside the tank body, and both ends of the diversion channel are respectively connected with the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, and
a vent hole and a liquid refill hole are sequentially provided on a side of the diversion channel in a flow direction of a coolant liquid, and the vent hole and the liquid refill hole are both communicated with the chamber,
wherein a clamping groove is provided on the diversion channel, and a clamping plate matched with the clamping groove is provided inside the tank body.