US 12,115,839 B2
Thermal management system for vehicle
Yeonho Kim, Seoul (KR); Gee Young Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Jae Yeon Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jeawan Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); Jaechun Ryu, Daejeon (KR); and Inguk Hwang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HANON SYSTEMS, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,886.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0040856 (KR), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314743 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3228 (2019.05) [B60H 1/00271 (2013.01); B60H 1/00392 (2013.01); B60H 1/00485 (2013.01); B60H 1/3227 (2013.01); B60H 1/32284 (2019.05); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal management system for a vehicle comprising:
a coolant line for circulating a coolant, the coolant line fluidly connecting a radiator, a first water pump, and at least one electrical component, so as to cool the at least one electrical component;
a first connection line having a first end and a second end and being connected at the first end to the coolant line through a first valve, the first connection line being provided with a condenser;
a second connection line connected to the first connection line through a second valve at the second end of the first connection line; and
a heater provided on the second connection line and inside an HVAC module of an air conditioner device,
wherein the first valve is operable to connect the coolant line and the first connection line such that the coolant is supplied to the condenser in a cooling mode and in a dehumidification mode of the vehicle.