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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Matsutani, Toyota, JP;
Hideto Minekawa, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A thermal management system includes a thermal management circuit that includes a first refrigerant circuit through which a first refrigerant flows and that includes a battery and a first radiator, and a second refrigerant circuit through which a second refrigerant different from the first refrigerant flows and that includes a heater, a first switching valve configured to switch whether the first refrigerant flows through the battery, a heat exchanger that is connected to a portion of the first refrigerant circuit between the battery and the first switching valve, and a predetermined portion of the second refrigerant circuit, and a control device. The control device is configured to control the first switching valve such that the first refrigerant flows through the battery, and to control the heater, so as to control heat exchange between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant in the heat exchanger.