IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,479,270
Granted Patent B2
US 12,479,270 · App. 18/567,822 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Heat medium temperature adjustment system

Inventors: Nobutaka Shimizu (Gunma, JP); Osamu Takazawa (Gunma, JP); Ryo Miyakoshi (Gunma, JP); Wataru Iwazaki (Gunma, JP); Masaaki Sato (Gunma, JP)
Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
B60H1/00978B60H1/00914B60H2001/00928B60H2001/00935B60H2001/00942B60H2001/00949
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Patent No.
US 12,479,270
App. No.
18/567,822
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat medium temperature adjustment system includes a heat medium circuit configured to circulate heat medium having a temperature controlled by a heat exchange with a heat source. The heat medium circuit includes a pump configured to pump the heat medium, and a plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects configured to perform heat exchanges with temperature-adjustment subjects. The heat medium circuit is configured to form a series flow path to connect the pump to the plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects when a system malfunction occurs.

Claims (31)

1 . A heat medium temperature adjustment system comprising:

a heat medium circuit configured to circulate heat medium having a temperature controlled by a heat exchange with a heat source,

the heat medium circuit including:

a pump configured to pump the heat medium; and

a plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects configured to perform heat exchanges with temperature-adjustment subjects,

wherein the heat medium circuit is configured to form a series flow path to connect the pump to the plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects when a system malfunction occurs, and

the series flow path is formed when a flow path switching device of the heat medium circuit is not energized.

2 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 1 , wherein:

a plurality of individual circuits are formed in the heat medium circuit by the flow path switching device; and

the pump and the plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects are provided in the individual circuits, respectively.

3 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 2 , further comprising a refrigerant circuit including a plurality of refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers,

wherein at least one of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers is provided in each of the individual circuits.

4 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 3 , wherein the heat medium is flowed through the series flow path in an order of an outdoor heat exchanger configured to perform a heat exchange between the heat medium and outdoor air, one of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers as an evaporator, a cooler core of an indoor air conditioner which is one of the heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects, and an additional heat exchanger for temperature-adjustment subject part.

5 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 4 , wherein the heat medium is flowed through the series flow path in an order of one of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers as a condenser, a heater core of the indoor air conditioner which is one of the heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects, and the outdoor heat exchanger.

6 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 5 , wherein the series flow path includes an auxiliary heat source provided on an inlet side of the heater core and configured to heat the heat medium.

7 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 3 , wherein the refrigerant circuit comprises two or more of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers, and one of the two or more of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers is a condenser, and the other is an evaporator.

8 . A heat medium temperature adjustment system comprising:

a heat medium circuit configured to circulate heat medium having a temperature controlled by a heat exchange with a heat source, and

a refrigerant circuit including a plurality of refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers,

the heat medium circuit including:

a pump configured to pump the heat medium; and

a plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects configured to perform heat exchanges with temperature-adjustment subjects,

wherein:

the heat medium circuit is configured to form a series flow path to connect the pump to the plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects when a system malfunction occurs;

a plurality of individual circuits are formed in the heat medium circuit by the flow path switching device;

the pump and the plurality of heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects are provided in the individual circuits, respectively;

at least one of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers is provided in each of the individual circuits; and

the heat medium is flowed through the series flow path in an order of an outdoor heat exchanger configured to perform a heat exchange between the heat medium and outdoor air, one of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers as an evaporator, a cooler core of an indoor air conditioner which is one of the heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects, and an additional heat exchanger for temperature-adjustment subject part.

9 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 8 , wherein the heat medium is flowed through the series flow path in an order of one of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers as a condenser, a heater core of the indoor air conditioner which is one of the heat exchangers for temperature-adjustment subjects, and the outdoor heat exchanger.

10 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 9 , wherein the series flow path includes an auxiliary heat source provided on an inlet side of the heater core and configured to heat the heat medium.

11 . The heat medium temperature adjustment system according to claim 8 , wherein the refrigerant circuit comprises two or more of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers, and one of the two or more of the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchangers is a condenser, and the other is an evaporator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2023
From: SHIMIZU, NOBUTAKA; TAKAZAWA, OSAMU; MIYAKOSHI, RYO; IWAZAKI, WATARU; SATO, MASAAKI
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065800/0139 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-105091 · Jun 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240270050A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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