US 12,344,109 B2
Liquid-cooled charging equipment with multiple charging connector assemblies and method of operating the same
Jui-Yuan Hsu, Taoyuan (TW); Ming-Hsien Hsieh, Taoyuan (TW); and Kai-Hung Huang, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,964.
Claims priority of application No. 202110050323.1 (CN), filed on Jan. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219555 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/302 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 53/302 (2019.02) [B60L 53/16 (2019.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid-cooled charging equipment with multiple charging connector assemblies, comprising:
a recirculating cooling apparatus configured to provide a coolant, the recirculating cooling apparatus having an outlet side and an inlet side,
a plurality of charging connector assemblies, each charging connector assembly comprising a charging connector and a charging cable connected to the charging connector, the charging cable having an inlet end and an outlet end,
a plurality of coolant supply pipes, a first end of each coolant supply pipe being connected to the outlet side, a second end of each coolant supply pipe correspondingly being connected to the inlet end of each charging cable,
a plurality of coolant return pipes, a first end of each coolant return pipe correspondingly being connected to the outlet end of each charging cable, a second end of each coolant return pipe being connected to the inlet side,
a plurality of valves disposed in the plurality of coolant supply pipes respectively, and
a control unit coupled to the valves and the charging connector assemblies,
wherein when at least one of the charging connector assemblies is in operation of charging, the control unit opens the valve corresponding to the charging connector assembly.