US 11,981,185 B2
Refrigerant module of integrated thermal management system for vehicle
Man Ju Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sang Shin Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ki Mok Kim, Busan (KR); Man Hee Kim, Seoul (KR); Se Min Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Bong Jun Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Wia Corporation, Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Wia Corporation, Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,287.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0154976 (KR), filed on Nov. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0143299 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3228 (2019.05) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerant module of an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle comprising:
a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, the compressor having a first inlet port through which the refrigerant is introduced, and a first outlet port through which the refrigerant compressed by the compressor is discharged;
a condenser configured to cool the refrigerant, the condenser having a second inlet port through which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is introduced, and a second outlet port through which the refrigerant cooled by the condenser is discharged;
an expansion valve configured to expand the refrigerant, the expansion valve having a third inlet port through which the refrigerant discharged from the condenser is introduced, and a third outlet port through which the refrigerant expanded from the expansion valve is discharged;
an evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant by heating the refrigerant, the evaporator having a fourth inlet port through which the refrigerant discharged from the expansion valve is introduced, and a fourth outlet port through which the refrigerant heated by the evaporator is discharged;
an accumulator configured to separate the refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant and a gaseous refrigerant, the accumulator having a fifth inlet port through which the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator is introduced, and fifth outlet port through which the refrigerant which has separated into the liquid refrigerant and the gaseous refrigerant is discharged; and
a connection body configured to integrally connect the compressor, the condenser, the evaporator, and the accumulator and having a flow path through which the refrigerant discharged from the accumulator flows to the compressor,
wherein the connection body is a hollow pipe so that the refrigerant flows therethrough,
wherein an inflow port, which communicates with the fifth outlet port of the accumulator, is formed at one end of the connection body,
wherein an outflow port, which communicates with the first inlet port of the compressor, is formed at an other end of the connection body,
wherein the flow path is formed as the inflow port and the outflow port communicate with each other,
wherein a first connection pipe, which integrally connects the compressor and the condenser, is provided on an outer surface of the connection body, and
wherein a second connection pipe, which integrally connects the evaporator and the accumulator, is provided on the outer surface of the connection body.