US 12,330,472 B2
Thermal management system for managing heating and cooling of an electrified vehicle battery and cabin
Michael Joseph Giunta, Livonia, MI (US); Christian Brent Schoeneman, Southgate, MI (US); and Todd Louis Wenzel, Detroit, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,328.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123788 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/14 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01)
CPC B60H 1/00278 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00207 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); B60H 1/143 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60L 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); B60H 2001/00171 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal management system comprising:
a heater loop, a battery loop, a radiator loop, and a power electronics loop operating within a glycol system;
a first valve in fluid communication with one or more of the heater loop, the battery loop, the radiator loop, and the power electronics loop;
a second valve in fluid communication with one or more of the heater loop, the battery loop, the radiator loop, and the power electronics loop; and
a refrigerant system including a refrigerant heat exchanger that fluidly communicates with ambient atmosphere and a battery chiller that fluidly communicates with the glycol system for cooling/heating, and wherein the battery chiller cooperates with the glycol system under at least one operational condition to actively chill power electronics in the power electronics loop and a battery in the battery loop while actively heating a cabin area.