Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Hanon Systems

Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd.

Inzicontrols Co., Ltd.

Kbautotech Co., Ltd.

Halla Visteon Climate Control Corporation

Doowon Heavy Industrial Co., Ltd.

Halla Climate Control Corporation

Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.

Kia Motors Gorporation

Hyundai Motor Gompany

Tne Korea Co., Ltd.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Llp

Jae Yeon Kim

Wan Je Cho

Jeawan Kim

Yeonho Kim

Man Hee Park

Yeon Ho Kim

Seong-Bin Jeong

Hochan An

Namho Park

Dong Seok Oh

Su Whan Kim

Hoyoung Jeong

Myunghwan Kim

Wan Ki Cho

Yong Hyun Choi

Yunho Hwang

Yong Woong Cha

Hae Jun Lee

Yeong Jun Kim

Tae Hee Kim

Gwi Taek Kim

Sangyong Rhee

Jungha Park

Jai Young An

Sang Won Lee

Yun Jin Kim

Hyunjae Lee

Seong Woo Jeong

Hyun Keun Shin

Jae-Eun Jeong

Eon Soo Yun

Beom Seok Joo

Seung Ho Lee

Tae Hyun Kim

Yong Jae Lee

Gee Young Shin

Gun Goo Lee

Joo Hyung Kim

Seong Hun Kim

Dong Won Park

Tae Han Kim

Myeong Hwan Kim

Jung Sam Gu

In Guk Hwang

Ho Sung Kang

Jeong Wan Han

Sung-Wook Park

Seung Hyun Won

Jung Bum Choi

Soon-Jong Lee

Jun-Young Choi

Jaesan Kim

Seok Jin Park

SeungRyeol Lee

Ju Hoon Kim

Tea Jin Lee

Ho Young Jeong

Jae Min Lee

Jieun Kim

Chul Min Kim

Young Jun Kim

Won Sik Kim

Sang Ho Lee

Jun Ho Jang

Jong Il Park

Jong Hoon Lee

Young Chul Kim

Sang Hyun Lee

Seong Bin Jeong

Jae Chun Ryu

Kyeong Su Kim

Su Yeon Kang

Deok Ki Kim

Ji Hun Han

Ok Ryul Min

Ji Wan Son

Kwon Hyoung Choi

Hyun Su Shin

DongWook Lee

Yong Jeong Kim

Jong Woo Nam

Kilwoo Lee

Jungbum Choi

Won Suk Lee

Hyuk Ju Ko

Boram Yang

Seongjae Lee

Seoyoung Oh

Yong-Nam Ahn

Byoung Sun Cho

ByeongGu Kang

Heung Seok Seo

Ho Gyu Choi

Eun Ki Min

Won Seok Sung

Do-Hyun Kim

Soo Yong Park

Hong Rok Shim

A heat pump system for a vehicle cools or heats the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjusts the temperature of a battery module by using a single chiller that exchanges heat between refrigerant and coolant.

Heat pump system for a vehicle

A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a compressor, a first condenser, a receiver dryer, a second condenser, a first expansion valve, an evaporator, a first refrigerant connection line, a chiller, a second expansion valve, and a gas injection device. The flow of the refrigerant is controlled based on at least one mode for a temperature adjustment of a vehicle interior or for a temperature adjustment of a battery module. As a result, the heat pump system is capable of cooling or heating a vehicle interior by using a high-temperature coolant and a low-temperature coolant. Additionally, the heat pump system is capable of improving a heating performance by employing a gas injection device selectively operating at the time of cooling or heating a vehicle interior to increase the flow amount of the refrigerant.

A refrigerant circulating apparatus of a vehicle includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, at least one heat-exchanger configured to exchange with the refrigerant, at least one valve configured to selectively provide the refrigerant to the at least one heat-exchanger, a bracket that supports the compressor, and a fluid line plate that is coupled to the bracket and disposed adjacent to the at least one heat-exchanger and the at least one valve. The fluid line plate includes a plurality of fluid lines defined inside the fluid line plate and configured to provide the refrigerant to the at least one heat-exchanger based on operation of the at least one valve.

Refrigerant circulating apparatus of vehicle

A thermal energy module includes a housing having an open first surface and is filled with a refrigerant. Partition walls partition an interior of the housing into a compressing part, a condensing part, and an evaporating part. A compressor is provided in the compressing part. A first heat-exchanger is provided in the condensing part and configured to condense a compressed refrigerant supplied from the compressor by heat-exchange with a coolant. An expansion valve is configured to expand a refrigerant supplied from the condensing part to be supplied to the evaporating part. A second heat-exchanger is provided in the evaporating part and configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant supplied from the expansion valve with the coolant drawn into the interior of the housing to evaporate. A cover mounted on the open first surface of the housing closes and seals the interior of the housing.

Thermal energy module for a vehicle

An embodiment thermal management system of a vehicle includes an air supply device that draws and supplies ambient air. An air cycle apparatus connected to the air supply device that compresses or expands the air to be changed to a high or low temperature air. An air distribution device is connected to the air cycle apparatus and a cabin room connected to the air distribution device that receives the high or low temperature air. A first heat-exchanger connected to the air cycle apparatus performs heat-exchange on the high temperature air and a second heat-exchanger connected to the first heat-exchanger and the air cycle apparatus performs heat-exchange on the air. The second heat-exchanger and the air distribution device are selectively connected and the air having heat-exchanged while passing through the second heat-exchanger is selectively supplied to the air distribution device.

Thermal management system of vehicle

An embodiment multi-way coolant valve includes an outer housing including first to third outer inlets, first to third outer outlets, and a pump mount portion coupled to one of the outer outlets, an inner housing rotatably provided within the outer housing and including penetration holes corresponding to the outer inlets and outlets, a coolant line defined by a selective connection of the penetration holes such that the outer inlets and outlets are selectively connected, pads interposed between an interior circumference of the outer housing and an exterior circumference of the inner housing at locations of the outer inlets and outlets, respectively, and a driving unit connected to a rotation center of the inner housing to selectively rotate the inner housing within the outer housing, wherein the inner housing is configured to rotate by a preset interval according to a selected vehicle mode.

Multi-way coolant valve and heat pump system having the same

In order to improve cooling and heating performance by applying a gas injection device selectively operating in an air conditioning mode of vehicle interior to increase the flow rate of the refrigerant, a heat pump system for a vehicle may include a compressor, a HVAC module, a heat-exchanger, a first expansion valve, a gas injection device, a first refrigerant connection line, and a chiller.

Heat pump system for vehicle

A heat pump system for the vehicle includes a cooling apparatus, which includes a radiator and a water pump connected by a coolant line and circulating a coolant in the coolant line to cool at least one heating element provided on the coolant line. The heat pump system further includes a branched line including one end connected to a valve on the coolant line between the radiator and the heating element and the other end connected to the coolant line between the radiator and the water pump. The heat pump system further includes an air conditioner device circulating a refrigerant along the refrigerant line to adjust an indoor temperature of the vehicle.

Heat pump system for vehicle and control method thereof

An embodiment cooling system for in-wheel motor vehicles includes first coolant flow paths provided in in-wheel motors mounted in wheels of a vehicle, second coolant flow paths provided in inverters configured to drive and control the in-wheel motors, a radiator configured to pass therethrough a coolant having cooled the inverters and the in-wheel motors to dissipate heat from the coolant, a coolant circulation line connecting the first and second coolant flow paths and the radiator, wherein a portion of the coolant circulation line located at upstream sides of the inverters based on a coolant circulation path is branched off into secondary coolant circulation lines respectively connected to the inverters, and water pumps disposed on the coolant circulation line and configured to pump the coolant, wherein the coolant pumped by the water pumps is distributed and passes through the inverters in parallel by way of the secondary coolant circulation lines.

Cooling system for in-wheel motor vehicles

A heat pump system for a vehicle is configured to perform cooling or heating of the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjust the temperature of the battery module by using a single chiller that heat-exchanges refrigerant and coolant.

An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes an air conditioner unit and a chiller. The air conditioner unit includes a compressor, first through third heat-exchangers, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator interconnected by a refrigerant line for circulating a refrigerant through the refrigerant line, and the chiller is connected to the refrigerant line through a first connection line for adjusting a temperature of a coolant by heat-exchanging the refrigerant with the coolant. The air conditioner unit further includes a second expansion valve on the first connection line upstream of the chiller, a first valve on the refrigerant line between the first and second heat-exchangers, a third expansion valve on the refrigerant line between the first valve and the second heat-exchanger, a second valve on the refrigerant line between the evaporator and the compressor, and a fourth expansion valve on a second connection line.

A heat pump system of a vehicle includes a first cooling device including a battery module and a first line for circulating a coolant, an air conditioner unit including a compressor, an internal condenser, a main heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator that are interconnected through a refrigerant line for circulating a refrigerant, and a chiller connected to the first cooling device through the first line, connected to the refrigerant line through a first connection line, and configured to adjust a coolant temperature through heat-exchanging a selectively introduced coolant with the refrigerant. The air conditioner unit further includes a second expansion valve, a first valve, a second valve, a second connection line, a third connection line, and a fourth connection line.

Heat pump system of vehicle

A cooling system for a vehicle driven by in-wheel motors includes a cooling water channel provided in an in-wheel motor mounted on a wheel of a vehicle so that cooling water for cooling the in-wheel motor can pass through the cooling water channel, a cooling water channel provided in an inverter for driving and controlling the in-wheel motor so that cooling water for cooling the inverter can pass through the cooling water channel, a radiator provided to dissipate heat of cooling water that has cooled the in-wheel motor and the inverter by passing the cooling water, a cooling water circulation line connected such that cooling water can circulate between the cooling water channel of the in-wheel motor, the cooling water channel of the inverter, and the radiator, and a water pump configured to circulate cooling water through the cooling water circulation line by pumping cooling water in the cooling water circulation line.

Cooling system for vehicle driven by in-wheel motor

A heat pump system for a vehicle is configured by including a valve, a first cooling apparatus, a second cooling apparatus, and a flow control line, to be configured for adjusting a temperature of a battery module by use of a single chiller where a refrigerant and a coolant are heat-exchanged, selectively recollecting waste heat of the electrical component and the battery module and using the same for heating of the vehicle interior, and forming a plurality of coolant flowing lines by a single valve according to selected mode of the vehicle.

An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes a first circuit including a radiator and a first valve in a first line, a second circuit including a first water pump, a second valve, and a third valve provided in a second line, a third circuit including electrical equipment provided in a third line, a fourth circuit including second water pump and a fourth valve provided in a fourth line, a fifth circuit including a battery module provided in a fifth line, a sixth circuit including a third water pump and a cooler provided in a sixth line, a seventh circuit including a fourth water pump and a heater provided in a seventh line, and a centralized energy module including a condenser, a chiller, and an evaporator.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Jae Yeon Kim