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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Yeonho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Wan Je Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Won Seok Sung, Seoul, KR;
Jeawan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jae Yeon Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seong-Bin Jeong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a cooling apparatus that includes a coolant line, and circulates a coolant in the coolant line; and an air conditioning device that circulates a refrigerant along a refrigerant line to control an indoor temperature of the vehicle, wherein the air conditioning device may include first and second heat exchangers connected through the refrigerant line, and in a heating mode of the vehicle, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be supplied with a refrigerant separated into the refrigerant line and a first branch line after being expanded, or a refrigerant expanded after being separated into the refrigerant line and the first branch line.