US 12,257,878 B2
Injection-type heat exchange module and thermal management system for vehicle applying the same
Jong Won Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); and Sang Shin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,179.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0179799 (KR), filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182527 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 23/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00342 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00485 (2013.01); B60H 1/00921 (2013.01); F25B 23/00 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3298 (2013.01); F25B 2400/054 (2013.01); F25B 2400/13 (2013.01); F25B 2500/24 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injection-type heat exchange module comprising:
an outer tank comprising an upper chamber and a lower chamber separated from each other, the upper chamber being connected to an external condenser or an indoor condenser from which a refrigerant flows into, and the lower chamber being connected to an evaporator from which the refrigerant flows into, and the lower chamber being connected to a compressor from which the refrigerant is discharged;
an inner tank configured to exchange heat with the refrigerant in the outer tank and connected to the compressor, the evaporator, or a lower portion of the outer tank to discharge the refrigerant;
a first valve positioned at an upper end of the inner tank, the first valve being configured to cause the refrigerant in the upper chamber of the outer tank to be expanded in the inner tank, and to permit or block flow of the refrigerant when rotated;
a second valve rotatably coupled to a lower end of the inner tank and configured to cause the refrigerant in the inner tank to be expanded and then supplied to the evaporator, and to permit or block flow of the refrigerant when rotated, the second valve also causing the refrigerant to be expanded by the lower chamber of the outer tank or blocking the refrigerant when rotated; and
an actuator connected to the first valve and the second valve and configured to simultaneously rotate the first valve and the second valve;
wherein the inner tank extends in a vertical direction, a first part of the inner tank is located inside the upper chamber of the outer tank, and a remaining part of the inner tank is located inside the lower chamber, wherein the inner tank is configured to simultaneously exchange heat with the refrigerant in the upper and lower chambers of the outer tank.