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Granted Patent B2
US 12,304,273 · App. 18/000,708 · Granted May 20, 2025

Expansion tank, vehicle cooling system and vehicle

Inventor: Bingrong Lin (Ningbo, CN)
Assignees: ZHIEJIANG LIANKONG TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD; ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD
B60H1/00392B60H1/00278B60K11/02
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Patent No.
US 12,304,273
App. No.
18/000,708
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an expansion tank, including a cavity structure and a degassing flow channel, where the degassing flow channel is arranged on the expansion tank, a flow guide hole is provided on the degassing flow channel, and the degassing flow channel is in communication with the cavity structure by means of the flow guide hole; and a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided at two ends of the degassing flow channel respectively and are used for being in communication with a vehicle cooling system. The expansion tank of the present application satisfies a degassing requirement, reduces usage amount of pipelines and pipe clamps, and reduces weight of a vehicle body.

Claims (14)

1. An expansion tank, comprising a cavity structure and a degassing flow channel, wherein

the degassing flow channel is arranged on the expansion tank, a flow guide hole is provided on the degassing flow channel, and the degassing flow channel is in communication with the cavity structure by means of the flow guide hole;

a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided at two ends of the degassing flow channel respectively, and the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet are used for being in communication with a vehicle cooling system; and

the degassing flow channel is arranged in the cavity structure, the degassing flow channel is detachably connected to the cavity structure, the degassing flow channel has a sectional area not less than that of the liquid inlet and a plurality of flow guide holes are provided on the degassing flow channel, and the plurality of flow guide holes are uniformly provided on the degassing flow channel at intervals.

2. The expansion tank according to claim 1 , wherein the degassing flow channel and the cavity structure are integrally formed.

3. The expansion tank according to claim 1 , wherein the degassing flow channel comprises a side wall and a cover plate, the cover plate being detachably connected to the side wall.

4. The expansion tank according to claim 3 , wherein the flow guide holes are provided on the side wall and/or the cover plate of the degassing flow channel.

5. The expansion tank according to claim 2 , wherein the expansion tank is formed in an injection molding manner.

6. The expansion tank according to claim 1 , wherein a filling port is provided on the expansion tank, the filling port is provided at a top of the cavity structure, and the filling port is used for filling a coolant.

7. The expansion tank according to claim 6 , wherein a liquid level gauge is further arranged on the expansion tank, is arranged on a side wall of the cavity structure, and is used for indicating a liquid level of the coolant in the cavity structure.

8. A vehicle cooling system, comprising the expansion tank of claim 1 .

9. A vehicle, comprising the vehicle cooling system of claim 8 .

10. The expansion tank according to claim 2 , wherein the degassing flow channel comprises a side wall and a cover plate, the cover plate being detachably connected to the side wall.

11. The expansion tank according to claim 10 , wherein the flow guide holes are provided on the side wall and/or the cover plate of the degassing flow channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2022
From: LIN, BINGRONG
To: ZHEJIANG LIANKONG TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD; ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD
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Continuity (1)
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