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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Tae Hee Kim, Ansan-si, KR;
Wan Je Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seong-Bin Jeong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyunjae Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Minseob Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Yong Woong Cha, Yongin-si, KR;
Jae-Eun Jeong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the electric water pump, and a thermoelectric device including a higher-temperature part and a lower-temperature part. The thermoelectric device may cool the coolant flowing into the coolant channel. The cooling apparatus may include a first heat sink disposed adjacent to the higher-temperature part, a second heat sink disposed adjacent to the coolant channel, and a cooling fan provided adjacent to the first heat sink. The cooling apparatus may include an air duct forming a first fluid line where air passes through only the first heat sink and is then discharged by operation of the cooling fan and forming a second fluid line where air passes through the first heat sink and the second heat sink and is then discharged by the operation of the cooling fan.