IP Library Granted Patent US 11,207,946
Granted Patent B2
US 11,207,946 · App. 16/131,523 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Heating system of vehicle

Inventors: Sang Shin Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Man Ju Oh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); So Yoon Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jae Woong Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
B60H1/143B60H1/00278B60H1/00392B60H1/00885B60H2001/00928
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Patent No.
US 11,207,946
App. No.
16/131,523
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An indoor heating line is arranged to pass through a heater core for a coolant heater and indoor air conditioning, and is provided with a first pump so that coolant can flow. A battery heating line is branched from a downstream point of the heater core and connected to an upstream point of the coolant heater after passing through a battery heat exchange part for temperature-raising a high voltage battery, where the battery heating line includes a first heat exchange flow passage that connects a downstream point of the heater core to a first side of the battery heat exchange part, and a second heat exchange flow passage that connects a second side thereof and an upstream point of the coolant heater, where the first heat exchange flow passage and the second heat exchange flow passage are configured to mutually exchange heat.

Claims (24)

1. A heating system of a vehicle, comprising:

an indoor heating line arranged to pass through a coolant heater and a heater core for indoor air conditioning and provided with a first pump so that coolant flows therein;

a battery heating line branched from a downstream point of the heater core and connected to an upstream point of the coolant heater after passing through a battery heat exchange part for raising a temperature of a battery; and

a battery cooling line provided to connect a first side and a second side of the battery heat exchange part and equipped with a second pump to circulate coolant,

wherein the battery heating line includes:

a first heat exchange flow passage that connects a downstream point of the heater core to the first side of the battery heat exchange part;

a second heat exchange flow passage that connects the second side of the battery heat exchange part and an upstream point of the coolant heater; and

a heat exchanger configured to indirectly exchange heat of the coolant in the first heat exchange flow passage and heat of the coolant in the second heat exchange flow passage,

wherein the battery cooling line includes:

a radiator;

a battery chiller configured to exchange heat with the coolant circulated in the battery cooling line;

a three-way valve arranged between the radiator and the second pump; and

a radiator bypass flow passage branched from the three-way valve and connected to a point of the battery cooling line between the radiator and the second side of the battery heat exchange part, and the radiator bypass flow passage bypasses the radiator, and

wherein the radiator bypass flow passage includes a waste heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with an electric component cooling line.

2. The heating system of the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the indoor heating line further comprises:

a first bypass flow passage connecting the point where the first heat exchange flow passage is connected and the point where the second heat exchange flow passage is connected with each other without going through the battery heat exchange part; and

a first valve provided at the first bypass flow passage or the battery heating line for controlling the coolant flow.

3. The heating system of the vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the first valve is installed at a branch point where the first heat exchange flow passage and one end portion of the first bypass flow passage branch off or the second heat exchange flow passage and another end portion of the first bypass flow passage branch off.

4. The heating system of the vehicle of claim 2 , further comprising:

a controller for controlling the opening of the first valve; and

in the case of indoor and battery heating mode, the controller controls the first valve so that the coolant can circulate through the indoor heating line, the first heat exchange flow passage, the battery heat exchange part and the second heat exchange flow passage.

5. The heating system of the vehicle of claim 2 , further comprising:

a controller for controlling the opening of the first valve; and

in the case of indoor heating mode, the controller controls the first valve so that the coolant can circulate through the indoor heating line and the first bypass flow passage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2018
From: LEE, SANG SHIN; OH, MAN JU; PARK, SO YOON; KIM, JAE WOONG
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046877/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0040856 · Apr 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190308491A1 · Oct 10, 2019
Cited By (1)
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