US 12,308,492 B2
Integrated cooling control valve
Hun Woo Park, Namyangju-si (KR); Jin Hun Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyun Ju Ji, Seoul (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 Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/363,450.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0163558 (KR), filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173415 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/087 (2006.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/0432 (2013.01) [F16K 5/0605 (2013.01); F16K 5/0647 (2013.01); F16K 11/0873 (2013.01); H01M 8/04701 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated cooling control valve applied to a fuel cell thermal management system (TMS), the integrated cooling control valve comprising:
a ball valve having at least three layers, wherein the ball valve comprises:
a valve housing comprising a first port fluidly connected to a fuel cell stack, a second port coupled to a cathode oxygen depletion (COD) heater, a third port coupled to an ion filter, a fourth port coupled to a radiator, and a fifth port coupled to a coolant supply pump; and
a valve plate disposed within the valve housing and including at least three layers to open and close the first port, the second port, the third port, the fourth port, and the fifth port.