Granted Patent B2

US 12,377,708 · App. 18/282,707 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Zhengang Jiang (Zhejiang, CN); Yong Xu (Zhejiang, CN); Zhenwen Chen (Zhejiang, CN); Yao Guo (Zhejiang, CN); Han Jiang (Zhejiang, CN)

Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.

B60H1/00485B60H1/00278B60H1/00885B60H1/3229F25B41/20F25B41/40

Abstract

Claims (62)

1. A fluid management device, comprising a fluid management module and a connector, wherein

the fluid management module is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the connector, the fluid management device has a communication channel, at least part of the communication channel is located in the connector; the communication channel comprises a first communication channel and a second communication channel, and the second communication channel comprises a first sub-channel, a second sub-channel and a third sub-channel;

the fluid management module comprises at least one of a first fluid management module and a second fluid management module, the first fluid management module comprises a first valve core, the first fluid management module has a first throttling chamber, a first valve chamber and a first gas-liquid separation chamber, the first valve core is arranged in the first valve chamber, the first valve core is configured to allow the first throttling chamber to communicate the first valve chamber with the first gas-liquid separation chamber, and the first communication channel communicates with the first valve chamber; the second fluid management module comprises a second valve core, the fluid management module has a second throttling chamber, a second valve chamber and a second gas-liquid separation chamber, the second valve core is arranged in the second valve chamber, the second sub-channel communicates with the second valve chamber, the second valve core is configured to allow the second throttling chamber to communicate the second valve chamber with the second gas-liquid separation chamber.

2. The fluid management device according to claim 1 , comprising a fluid management component, wherein

the connector comprises a mounting portion, the mounting portion has a mounting hole, at least part of the fluid management component is arranged in the mounting hole, and the fluid management component is configured to adjust an opening degree of the second communication channel;

the fluid management module comprises a first fluid management module and a second fluid management module, the fluid management component comprises a valve unit, the mounting hole comprises a first mounting hole, at least part of the valve unit is arranged in the first mounting hole, and the valve unit is configured to open and close the third sub-channel;

the fluid management device has a first working mode and a second working mode, wherein

in the first working mode, the first valve core is configured to allow the first throttling chamber to communicate the first valve chamber with the first gas-liquid separation chamber, and the valve unit is configured to open the third sub-channel; and

in the second working mode, the second valve core is configured to allow the second throttling chamber to communicate the second valve chamber with the second gas-liquid separation chamber, and the valve unit is configured to close the third sub-channel.

3. The fluid management device according to claim 2 , wherein

the fluid management component comprises a throttling unit, the mounting hole comprises a second mounting hole, at least part of the throttling unit is arranged in the second mounting hole, and the throttling unit is configured to adjust an opening degree of the first sub-channel;

the first valve core has a first through channel, in the second working mode, the first valve core is configured to allow the first through channel to communicate the first valve chamber with an outlet of the first fluid management module, the first valve core is configured to block communication between the first valve chamber and the first gas-liquid separation chamber, and the throttling unit is configured to open or close the first sub-channel.

4. The fluid management device according to claim 1 , comprising a heat exchange module, wherein

the heat exchange module is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the connector, the heat exchange module comprises at least one of a first heat exchange module and a second heat exchange module, each of the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module has a first flow channel, the first flow channel of the first heat exchange module communicates with the first communication channel, and the first flow channel of the second heat exchange module communicates with the first sub-channel.

5. The fluid management device according to claim 4 , comprising the second heat exchange module, wherein

the connector has a third communication channel, the third communication channel communicates with the first flow channel of the second heat exchange module, the connector has a first port, and the third communication channel and the third sub-channel communicate with the first port; and

the fluid management device further comprises a gas-liquid separation portion, the gas-liquid separation portion is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the connector, the first port faces the gas-liquid separation portion, the third communication channel communicates with a separation cavity of the gas-liquid separation portion, and the third sub-channel communicates with the separation cavity of the gas-liquid separation portion.

6. The fluid management device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fluid management module comprises the first fluid management module and the second fluid management module, the fluid management device has a first opening, a second opening, a third opening and a fourth opening; the first opening is provided in the connector, and the first opening communicates with the second communication channel; the second opening is provided in the first fluid management module, the first valve core is configured to allow the first through channel or the first throttling chamber to communicate the first valve chamber with the second opening, and the first gas-liquid separation chamber communicates with the second opening; and the first gas-liquid separation chamber and the second gas-liquid separation chamber communicate with the third opening; and

the fourth opening is provided in the second fluid management module, the second valve core has a second through channel, the second valve core is configured to allow the second through channel or the second throttling chamber to communicate the second valve chamber with the fourth opening, and the second gas-liquid separation chamber communicates with the fourth opening.

7. The fluid management device according to claim 6 , wherein

the heat exchange module comprises a first heat exchange module, and the fluid management device comprises a gas-liquid separation portion; the fluid management device further has a fifth opening, a sixth opening and a seventh opening; wherein

the fifth opening is provided in the first heat exchange module, the fifth opening communicates with the first flow channel of the first heat exchange module, the sixth opening and the seventh opening are provided in the gas-liquid separation portion, and the sixth opening and the seventh opening communicate with the separation cavity.

8. The fluid management device according to claim 1 , further comprising a block, a communication portion, and a valve component, wherein

the block is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the communication portion, and at least part of the first gas-liquid separation chamber and at least part of the second gas-liquid separation chamber are located in the block;

the communication portion comprises an accommodation portion, the accommodation portion has an accommodation cavity, at least part of the valve component is arranged in the accommodation cavity, and the valve component is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the accommodation portion; the communication portion has a first connection port, a first communication cavity and a second communication cavity, wherein the first communication cavity communicates with the second gas-liquid separation chamber, the valve component is configured to allow the first communication cavity to be in one-way communication with the second communication cavity, the first connection port communicates with the second communication cavity, and the first gas-liquid separation chamber communicates with the second communication cavity.

9. The fluid management device according to claim 8 , wherein

the block comprises a first block, a second block, a third block and a fourth block, the second block and the fourth block are of a one-piece structure or are separately provided, the first block is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the second block, the first valve chamber is located in the first block, and at least part of the first gas-liquid separation chamber is located in the second block; the third block is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the fourth block, and the second valve chamber is located in the third block, and at least part of the second gas-liquid separation chamber is located in the fourth block; and

the communication portion and at least one of the fourth block and the second block are of a one-piece structure; or, the communication portion is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the second block, and the communication portion is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the fourth block.

10. The fluid management device according to claim 9 , further comprising a first insertion portion, a second insertion portion, a first holding portion and a second holding portion, wherein

the first insertion portion has a channel for communicating the second communication cavity with the first gas-liquid separation chamber, and the second insertion portion has a channel for communicating the first communication cavity with the second gas-liquid separation chamber; the first insertion portion is located in a holding cavity of the first holding portion, and the first insertion portion is sealingly connected to the first holding portion; the second insertion portion is located in a holding cavity of the second holding portion, and the second insertion portion is sealingly connected to the second holding portion; and

one of the first insertion portion and the first holding portion is located at the communication portion, and the other is located at the second block; one of the second insertion portion and the second holding portion is located at the communication portion, and the other is located at the fourth block.

11. The fluid management device according to claim 10 , wherein

the communication portion comprises the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion, the first holding portion is located at the second block, and the second holding portion is located at the fourth block; and

the fluid management device further comprises a first conduit portion and a second conduit portion, wherein a conduit opening of the first conduit portion faces away from the first insertion portion, a conduit opening of the second conduit portion faces away from the second insertion portion, the first conduit portion and the first insertion portion are of a one-piece structure or are fixedly connected or limitedly connected with each other, and the second conduit portion and the second insertion portion are of a one-piece structure or are fixedly connected or limitedly connected with each other.

12. The fluid management device according to claim 9 , wherein

the valve component is a one-way component, the communication portion comprises a first hole portion, at least part of the first communication cavity is located in the first hole portion, and at least part of the second communication cavity is located in the first hole portion; and

the first hole portion comprises an accommodation portion, the communication portion comprises a first communication port and a second communication port, the first communication port communicates with the second gas-liquid separation chamber, and the second communication port communicates with the first gas-liquid separation chamber; along an axis direction of the first hole portion, the first communication port is located at one side of the accommodation portion, the second communication port is located at the other side of the accommodation portion, and the first communication port and the second communication port are located at the different sides of the accommodation portion; and

along a direction of gravity, at least part of the communication portion is located above the block.

13. A thermal management system, comprising a compressor, a fluid management device, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger, wherein

the fluid management device is the fluid management device according to claim 1 , the fluid management device comprises a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, a fourth opening, a fifth opening, a fifth opening, a sixth opening, and a seventh opening, an outlet of the compressor communicates with the fifth opening, the first heat exchanger communicates the second opening with the first opening, the third opening communicates with a first inlet of the compressor, the second heat exchanger communicates the fourth opening with the seventh opening, and the sixth opening communicates with a second inlet of the compressor.

14. The thermal management system according to claim 13 , wherein

the fluid management device further comprises a throttling unit and a valve unit, and the thermal management system has a heating mode and a cooling mode; wherein

in the heating mode, the first valve core allows the first throttling chamber to communicate the first valve chamber with the first gas-liquid separation chamber, and the valve unit is configured to open the third sub-channel; and

in the cooling mode, the first valve core allows the first through channel to communicate the first valve chamber with the second opening, the first valve core is configured to block communication between the first valve chamber and the first gas-liquid separation chamber, the second valve core is configured to allow the second throttling chamber to communicate the second valve chamber with the second gas-liquid separation chamber, and the valve unit is configured to close the third sub-channel.

15. The thermal management system according to claim 14 , wherein

the thermal management system has a battery cooling mode, in the battery cooling mode, the first valve core is configured to allow the first through channel to communicate the first valve chamber with the second opening, the valve unit is configured to close the third sub-channel, and the throttling unit is opened; and

the second valve core is configured to allow the second throttling chamber to communicate the second valve chamber with the second gas-liquid separation chamber; or, the second valve core is configured to block communication between the second valve chamber and the fourth opening, and the second valve core is configured to block communication between the second valve chamber and the second gas-liquid separation chamber.

16. The fluid management device according to claim 2 , comprising a heat exchange module, wherein

the heat exchange module is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the connector, the heat exchange module comprises at least one of a first heat exchange module and a second heat exchange module, each of the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module has a first flow channel, the first flow channel of the first heat exchange module communicates with the first communication channel, and the first flow channel of the second heat exchange module communicates with the first sub-channel.

17. The fluid management device according to claim 3 , comprising a heat exchange module, wherein

the heat exchange module is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the connector, the heat exchange module comprises at least one of a first heat exchange module and a second heat exchange module, each of the first heat exchange module and the second heat exchange module has a first flow channel, the first flow channel of the first heat exchange module communicates with the first communication channel, and the first flow channel of the second heat exchange module communicates with the first sub-channel.

18. The fluid management device according to claim 2 , wherein

the fluid management module comprises the first fluid management module and the second fluid management module, the fluid management device has a first opening, a second opening, a third opening and a fourth opening; the first opening is provided in the connector, and the first opening communicates with the second communication channel; the second opening is provided in the first fluid management module, the first valve core is configured to allow the first through channel or the first throttling chamber to communicate the first valve chamber with the second opening, and the first gas-liquid separation chamber communicates with the second opening; and the first gas-liquid separation chamber and the second gas-liquid separation chamber communicate with the third opening; and

the fourth opening is provided in the second fluid management module, the second valve core has a second through channel, the second valve core is configured to allow the second through channel or the second throttling chamber to communicate the second valve chamber with the fourth opening, and the second gas-liquid separation chamber communicates with the fourth opening.

19. The fluid management device according to claim 2 , further comprising a block, a communication portion, and a valve component, wherein

the block is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the communication portion, and at least part of the first gas-liquid separation chamber and at least part of the second gas-liquid separation chamber are located in the block;

the communication portion comprises an accommodation portion, the accommodation portion has an accommodation cavity, at least part of the valve component is arranged in the accommodation cavity, and the valve component is fixedly connected or limitedly connected to the accommodation portion; the communication portion has a first connection port, a first communication cavity and a second communication cavity, wherein the first communication cavity communicates with the second gas-liquid separation chamber, the valve component is configured to allow the first communication cavity to be in one-way communication with the second communication cavity, the first connection port communicates with the second communication cavity, and the first gas-liquid separation chamber communicates with the second communication cavity.

20. The fluid management device according to claim 10 , wherein

the valve component is a one-way component, the communication portion comprises a first hole portion, at least part of the first communication cavity is located in the first hole portion, and at least part of the second communication cavity is located in the first hole portion; and

the first hole portion comprises an accommodation portion, the communication portion comprises a first communication port and a second communication port, the first communication port communicates with the second gas-liquid separation chamber, and the second communication port communicates with the first gas-liquid separation chamber; along an axis direction of the first hole portion, the first communication port is located at one side of the accommodation portion, the second communication port is located at the other side of the accommodation portion, and the first communication port and the second communication port are located at the different sides of the accommodation portion; and

along a direction of gravity, at least part of the communication portion is located above the block.

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