CN114789639A

CN114789639A - Fluid management device

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Publication number: CN114789639A
Application number: CN202110261252.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-24
Filing date: 2021-03-10
Publication date: 2022-07-26
Also published as: CN114789637A; CN114789635A; CN114791183A; CN114789638A; CN114789636A

Abstract

The fluid management device that embodiment of this application provided includes connecting piece and fluid management device, and the fluid management device includes at least one in heat exchanger and the motorised valve, and the connecting piece has the coolant liquid runner, and the connecting piece includes two at least plate bodies, and the range upon range of setting of plate body, adjacent plate body are fixed and sealing connection, and the inside of at least one plate body in the adjacent plate body is provided with at least one runner portion, and adjacent plate body is in runner portion department forms the coolant liquid runner, and fluid management device and connecting piece fixed connection or spacing connection, fluid management device can communicate with the coolant liquid runner, can be compacter like this by the fluid management device, is favorable to the miniaturization of fluid management device.

Description

Fluid management device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of fluid management, in particular to a fluid management device.

Background

Functional components in the thermal management system are connected into a system through pipelines, and the installation space of the thermal management system is relatively increased due to the long pipelines, and the number of the pipelines is large, so that the spatial layout of the thermal management system is not facilitated.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present application to provide a fluid management device to facilitate a more compact construction of the fluid management device.

One embodiment of the present application provides a fluid management device that can be used in a vehicle thermal management system, the fluid management device comprising a connecting member having a coolant flow channel, the connecting member comprising at least two plate bodies, the plate bodies being stacked, adjacent ones of the plate bodies being fixedly and sealingly connected, at least one flow channel portion being provided in an interior of at least one of the adjacent plate bodies, the adjacent plate bodies forming the coolant flow channel at the flow channel portion; the connector includes at least one interface portion; the fluid management device comprises a fluid management device, the connecting piece is fixedly connected or in limiting connection with the fluid management device, the fluid management device comprises at least one of a heat exchanger and an electric valve, the fluid management device comprises a matching part, the interface part is in sealing connection with the matching part, and the fluid management device can be communicated with the cooling liquid channel.

The fluid management device provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a connecting piece and a fluid management device, wherein the fluid management device comprises at least one of a heat exchanger and an electric valve, the connecting piece is provided with a cooling liquid flow channel and comprises at least two plate bodies, the plate bodies are arranged in a stacked mode, the adjacent plate bodies are fixedly and hermetically connected, at least one flow channel part is arranged inside at least one plate body in the adjacent plate bodies, the adjacent plate bodies form the cooling liquid flow channel at the flow channel part, the fluid management device is fixedly connected or in limited connection with the connecting piece, and the fluid management device can be communicated with the cooling liquid flow channel.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fluid management device;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another perspective view of the fluid management device;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the fluid management device of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the fluid management device of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the connector shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the connector shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the connector of FIG. 5 from one perspective;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the connector of FIG. 5 from another perspective;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view of another perspective of the fluid management device of the second embodiment;

FIG. 10 is an exploded view from another perspective of the fluid management device of the second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view in perspective of a fluid management device according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 12 is an exploded view of the fluid management device of FIG. 11 from one perspective;

FIG. 13 is an exploded view of the fluid management device of FIG. 11 from another perspective;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the connector of FIG. 11;

fig. 15 is a schematic top view of the fluid management device of fig. 11.

Detailed Description

The fluid management device according to the technical solution of the present invention may have various embodiments, at least one of which may be applied to a vehicle thermal management system, and at least one of which may be applied to other thermal management systems such as a home thermal management system or a commercial thermal management system, and the following description will take the fluid management device applied to the vehicle thermal management system as an example and refer to the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to fig. 1-10. In one embodiment of the present invention, a fluid management device 100 is provided, the fluid management device 100 being capable of being used in a vehicle thermal management system, the fluid management device 100 comprising a connector 1000, the connector 1000 comprising a plate 1100, the connector 1000 having a coolant flow channel 1010, the connector 1000 comprising at least one interface portion 1200; the fluid management device 100 includes a fluid management device 2000, a connector 1000 fixedly or captively coupled to the fluid management device 2000, the fluid management device 2000 including at least one of a heat exchanger 2300, an electric valve 2200, an electric pump 2100, and a water bottle 2400, the fluid management device 2000 including a mating portion 2010, and an interface portion 1200 sealingly coupled to the mating portion 2010 such that the fluid management device 2000 is capable of communicating with a coolant flow channel 1010. When the fluid management device 2000 includes the electric valve 2200, the electric valve 2200 can control the flow rate or on/off of the coolant flow passage 1010; the fluid management device 2000 includes a heat exchanger 2300, at least one of the inlet and outlet of the heat exchanger 2300 being capable of communicating with a corresponding coolant channel 1010 through a connecting portion 1200; when the fluid management device 2000 includes the electric pump 2100, at least one of the inlet and outlet of the electric pump 2100 may be in communication with the corresponding coolant flow channel 1010 through the interface portion 1200, and the electric pump 2100 may be capable of powering the flow of coolant; when the fluid management device 2000 includes the water bottle 2400, a bottle cavity of the water bottle 2400 communicates with the corresponding coolant flow passage 1010 through the connector portion 1200. The connector 1000 has a coolant flow channel 1010, the fluid management device 2000 is fixedly or limitedly connected with the connector 1000 and comprises at least one of a heat exchanger 2300, an electric valve 2200, an electric pump 2100 and a water kettle 2400, and the fluid management device 2000 can be communicated with the coolant flow channel 1010, so that the volume of the fluid management device 100 can be reduced, and the miniaturization of the fluid management device 100 is facilitated.

Referring to the first embodiment illustrated in fig. 1-8, the fluid management device 100 includes a connector 1000 and a fluid management device 2000, the fluid management device 2000 includes a heat exchanger 2300, an electric valve 2200, an electric pump 2100 and a water bottle 2400, the fluid management device 2000 includes a mating part 2010, the connector 1000 includes a connector part 1200, and the connector part 1200 is hermetically connected to the mating part 2010, so as to prevent a coolant in the fluid management device 100 from leaking. When the fluid management device 100 is in operation, the electric valve 2200 can adjust the opening/closing or the flow rate of the coolant flow channel 1010, the electric pump 2100 can flow the coolant in the fluid management device 100, the coolant can exchange heat in the heat exchanger 2300, and the water kettle 2400 is used to add the coolant to the fluid management device 100 and to exhaust the coolant in the fluid management device 100.

The connector 1000 may be made of the same type or a single material, including plastic, metal, rubber, or other materials, or a combination of materials, such as plastic and metal. The metal described herein includes aluminum and aluminum alloys. The connector 1000 may be a unitary structure or may be assembled from multiple components, such as a stack of plates that may be welded, glued, or otherwise fixedly or captively attached.

Referring to fig. 5 to 8, in the present embodiment, the connecting member 1000 includes two plate bodies: first plate 1110 and second plate 1120, first plate 1110 and second plate 1120 are stacked, first plate 1110 and second plate 1120 are adjacent to each other, and first plate 1110 and second plate 1120 are fixed and hermetically connected. The adjacent portions include a first board body 1110 and a second board body 1120 in contact, and solder or glue is provided between the first board body 1110 and the second board body 1120. Each of the first plate body 1110 and the second plate body 1120 includes a channel portion 1020, where the channel portion 1020 is shaped as a groove 1020'. The coolant flow passage 1010 of the connector 1000 may be formed in the following manner: the groove of the first plate 1110 is opposite to the groove of the second plate 1120, but may also be partially opposite to each other; and/or the groove of first plate 1110 is disposed opposite to the inner wall of second plate 1120, and/or the groove of second plate 1120 is disposed opposite to the inner wall of first plate 1110. The tracks of these grooves may be straight, curved or otherwise shaped. The connecting piece 1000 is fixedly connected with two plate bodies, and the groove of the connecting piece 1000 can be designed and processed as required, so that the connecting piece has the advantages of convenient design and processing.

Defining the stacking direction of the first plate body 1110 and the second plate body 1120 as a first direction, the connecting member 1000 includes a first side portion 1030 and a second side portion 1040, along the first direction of the connecting member 1000, the first side portion 1030 is located at one side of the connecting member 1000, the second side portion 1040 is located at the opposite side of the connecting member 1000, in this embodiment, the first side portion 1030 is located at the outer side of the first plate body 1110, and the second side portion 1040 is located at the outer side of the second plate body 1120. The connector 1000 further includes a connecting portion 1200, an axial direction of the connecting portion 1200 is a first direction or is parallel to the first direction, the connecting portion 1200 has at least one connecting cavity 1201, the flow channel portion 1020 has a communication port 1202 communicated with the connecting cavity, and further the cooling liquid flow channels 1010 are communicated with the connecting cavity, and each connecting cavity is communicated with at least one corresponding cooling liquid flow channel 1010. In this embodiment, each of the first plate body 1110 and the second plate body 1120 includes an interface portion 1200, wherein the interface portion located at the first plate body 1110 is defined as a first interface portion 1210, the first interface portion 1210 is located at the first side portion 1030, the interface portion located at the second plate body 1120 is defined as a second interface portion 1220, and the second interface portion 1220 is located at the second side portion 1040. Of course, in other embodiments, the interface portion may be located on one of the first side portion 1030 and the second side portion 1040, or the interface portion may be located on the first side portion 1030 or the second side portion 1040, and will not be described in detail.

Referring to fig. 4, the matching portions 2410 of the water bottle are hermetically connected to the first interface portion 1210, so that the bottle cavity of the water bottle 2400 is communicated with the coolant flow channel 1010, the first interface portion 1210 may be one, two or more, accordingly, the matching portions 2410 of the water bottle may be one, two or more, in this embodiment, three first interface portions 1210 are provided, and accordingly, three matching portions of the water bottle 2400 are provided. The connecting member 1000 further includes a first mounting portion (not numbered), and accordingly, the kettle 2400 includes a mounting matching portion, the first mounting portion is fixed to the mounting matching portion of the kettle 2400 through bolts, and of course, the first mounting portion and the mounting matching portion of the kettle 2400 may also adopt other fixing modes, such as gluing, welding and the like. In a more particular embodiment, please refer to FIG. 9. The number of the first connecting portions 1210 is two, and one of the first connecting portions 1210 has two connecting cavities, and the two connecting cavities are respectively communicated with different coolant channels 1010, so that the number of connections of the fluid management device 100 is reduced, and the probability of leakage is reduced.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the fluid management device 2000 further includes an electric valve 2200, in this embodiment, the electric valve 2200 is a five-way water valve, the number of the electric valves 2200 is two, the fitting portion 2210 of the electric valve is hermetically connected to the second interface portion 1220, the fitting portion 2210 of the electric valve is formed in the valve housing of the electric valve 2200, wherein the second interface portion 1220 fitted with the electric valve 2200 is defined as an interface portion 1122 of the electric valve, the interface portion 1122 of the electric valve includes a first platform 1130, the interface portion 1122 of the electric valve has five interfaces, and the five interfaces are formed in the first platform 1130, the five interfaces are respectively communicated with five corresponding cooling fluid flow passages 1010, correspondingly, the electric valve 2200 has five corresponding fitting ports, the five fitting ports of the electric valve 2200 are located at the fitting portion 2210 of the electric valve, the fitting ports of the electric valve are at least partially opposite to the corresponding interface located at the first platform 1130, and the coolant flow channel 1010 of the connector 1000 communicates with the corresponding mating port. To enhance the sealing performance between the electric valve 2200 and the connector 1000, a sealing member may be provided between the fitting portion 2210 of the electric valve and the interface portion 1122 of the electric valve, which will not be described in detail. In other embodiments, the engagement portion 2210 of the electric valve may be positioned in a pipe connected to a valve housing of the electric valve, and the pipe of the electric valve is hermetically connected to the connector 1000. The connector 1000 further includes a second mounting portion 1060, and accordingly, the electric valve 2200 includes a mounting engagement portion, and the second mounting portion 1060 is bolted to the mounting engagement portion of the electric valve.

The fluid management device 2000 includes two electric pumps 2100, in this embodiment, the number of the electric pumps 2100 is two, the fitting portion 2110 of the electric pump is hermetically connected to the second interface portion 1220, and further, the electric pump 2100 is communicated with the coolant flow channel 1010 corresponding to the connector 1000, and the second interface portion 1220 fitted to the electric pump 2100 is defined as an interface portion 1221 of the electric pump. In one embodiment, referring to fig. 10, the electric pump interface 1221 includes a first bottom wall 1123 and a first side wall 1124, at least a portion of the electric pump 2100 is disposed in the interface cavity of the interface, the electric pump interface 1221 has a first interface 1125 and a second interface 1126, the first interface 1125 and the second interface 1126 are respectively in communication with the corresponding coolant channels 1010, wherein the first interface 1125 is disposed on the first bottom wall 1123 and the second interface 1126 is disposed on the first side wall 1124, one of the inlet and the outlet of the electric pump 2100 is disposed at least partially opposite the first interface 1125, and the other is disposed at least partially opposite the second interface 1126, such that when the electric pump 2100 is operated, the electric pump 2100 is capable of pumping coolant from one coolant channel 1010 to the other coolant channel 1010. In other embodiments, the electric pump 2100 may include two outlet pipes and two inlet pipes, and the outlet pipes and the inlet pipes of the electric pump are hermetically connected to the interface 1221 of the electric pump, which will not be described in detail. The connector 1000 further includes a third mounting portion 1050, and accordingly, the electric pump 2100 includes a mounting mating portion, and the third mounting portion 1050 is bolted to the mounting mating portion of the electric pump 2100, but of course, the mounting mating portion of the third mounting portion and the electric pump 2100 may also be fixed by other fixing methods, such as gluing, welding, etc.

Referring to fig. 1-4, the fluid management device 100 includes a bracket 3000, the bracket 3000 is plate-shaped, and the bracket 3000 is fixedly connected or limited to the connecting member 1000. Along the first direction of connecting piece 1000, at least part of connecting piece 1000 is located one side of support 3000, and at least some fluid management device 2000 is located the opposite other side of connecting piece 1000, and support 3000 includes bearing portion 3200, and bearing portion 3200 and partial second side 1040 butt of connecting piece 1000, bearing portion 3200 is used for supporting connecting piece 1000. The material of the bracket 3000 may be metal, including aluminum and aluminum alloys.

The bracket 3000 includes a through hole portion 3100, the through hole portion 3100 has a through hole 3101, in a specific embodiment, at least a portion of the interface portion 1200 is located at the through hole 3101, and a wall of the through hole portion 3100 is tightly fitted or spaced from the interface portion 1200, so that the bracket 3000 and the connector 1000 can be relatively limited, and the connector 1000 can also be protected. In another embodiment, a portion of the fluid management device 2000 is positioned within the through hole 3101 of the bracket 3000, and the through hole portion 3100 is a close fit or clearance to the fluid management device 2000, which also provides protection or support to the fluid management device 2000.

It can be appreciated that in this embodiment, the fluid management device 2000 comprises a water bottle 2400, an electric valve 2200 and an electric pump 2100, wherein, in the first direction of the connector 1000, the water bottle 2400 is located on one side of the connector 1000, the electric valve 2200 and the electric pump 2100 are located on the opposite side of the connector 1000, the flow tube management device is in actual use, at least a portion of the water bottle 2400 is located above the connector 1000, at least a portion of the electric valve 2200 is located below the connector 1000, and at least a portion of the electric pump 2100 is located below the connector 1000. The kettle 2400, the electric valve 2200 and the electric pump 2100 are respectively positioned at two sides of the connector 1000, so that the fluid management device 100 has a compact structure and occupies a small space. Of course, at least one of the electric valve 2200 and the electric pump 2100 may be located on the same side of the connector 1000 as the kettle 2400 and will not be described in detail. In addition, the fluid management device 2000 may also include one or two of the water bottle 2400, the electric valve 2200 and the electric pump 2100, and the connection manner of the water bottle 2400, the electric valve 2200 and the electric pump 2100 and the connector 1000 is the same as the above-mentioned embodiment, and will not be described in detail.

Still further, the fluid management device 2000 may further comprise a heat exchanger 2300, in this embodiment, the heat exchanger 2300 is a plate heat exchanger, the heat exchanger 2300 comprising a first heat exchanger 2310, a second heat exchanger 2320 and a third heat exchanger 2330, wherein the first heat exchanger 2310 includes a refrigerant passage and a coolant passage, the second heat exchanger 2320 includes a refrigerant passage and a coolant passage, when the fluid management device 100 works, the refrigerant passage of the first heat exchanger 2310 is a high-pressure passage, the refrigerant in the refrigerant passage of the first heat exchanger 2310 can release heat to the cooling liquid in the cooling liquid passage of the first heat exchanger 2310 to heat the cooling liquid in the cooling liquid passage of the first heat exchanger 2310, the refrigerant passage of the second heat exchanger 2320 is a low-pressure passage, and the refrigerant in the refrigerant passage of the second heat exchanger 2320 can absorb the heat of the cooling liquid in the cooling liquid passage of the second heat exchanger 2320; the third heat exchanger 2330 includes two coolant passages, and the coolant of the two coolant flow passages of the third heat exchanger 2330 can exchange heat.

Taking the first heat exchanger 2310 as an example, the matching portion of the first heat exchanger 2310 is welded and sealed with the second interface portion 1220, so that the coolant passage of the first heat exchanger 2310 is communicated with the coolant passage of the connector 1000, the second interface portion 1220 matched with the first heat exchanger 2310 is defined as an interface portion 1223 of the first heat exchanger, and the matching portion of the first heat exchanger 2310 may be located on a block, a tube or a plate fixedly connected with the first heat exchanger 2310. In this embodiment, the mating portion of the second heat exchanger 2320 and the mating portion of the third heat exchanger 2330 are welded and sealed to the second interface portion 1220 of the connector 1000, so that the heat exchanger 2300 is integrated with the connector 1000, the coolant passage in the heat exchanger 2300 is communicated with the coolant passage in the connector 1000, and the structure of the fluid management device 100 is relatively compact. In other embodiments, the fluid management device 2000 may include one or two of the first heat exchanger 2310, the second heat exchanger 2320 and the third heat exchanger 2330, although the fluid management device 2000 may include more heat exchangers. At least one of the first heat exchanger 2310, the second heat exchanger 2320 and the third heat exchanger 2330 may also be welded and sealed to the first interface portion 1210, such that at least one of the heat exchangers is located on the same side of the connector 1000 as the kettle 2400 and will not be described in detail. In another embodiment, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the fluid management device 100 may not include a heat exchanger and will not be described in detail.

Still further, the fluid management device 2000 may further include a valve body 2500, the fluid management device 2000 includes at least one of a solenoid valve member 2520, a throttle member 2530 and a check member 2540, the valve body 2500 is hermetically connected with the heat exchanger, the valve body 2500 includes a receiving portion having a receiving cavity, it is understood that, when the fluid management device 2000 includes the solenoid valve member 2520, the throttle member 2530 and the check member 2540, the valve body 2500 has a receiving cavity corresponding to the solenoid valve member 2520, the valve body 2500 has a receiving cavity corresponding to the throttle member 2530, the valve body 2500 has a receiving cavity corresponding to the check member 2540, at least a portion of the solenoid valve member 2520, the throttle member 2530 and the check member 2540 are located in the corresponding receiving cavities, and the solenoid valve member 2520, the throttle member 2530 and the check member 2540 are fixedly connected or position-limited-connected with the valve body 2500. The valve body 2500 is provided with a valve body passage, the solenoid valve component 2520 is used for opening and closing the corresponding valve body passage, the throttling component 2530 throttles and reduces the pressure of refrigerant flowing through the throttling component 2530, the one-way component 2540 makes the valve body passage in one-way communication and communicated with the refrigerant passage of the first heat exchanger 2310, the valve body passage is also communicated with the refrigerant passage of the second heat exchanger 2320, and the valve body 2500 is fixedly or limitedly connected with at least one of the connecting piece 1000 and the bracket 3000. In another embodiment, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the fluid management device 100 may not include a valve body, a solenoid valve 2520, a throttle member 2530, and a check member 2540, and will not be described in detail.

In other embodiments, the connecting member 1000 may also include three or more plate bodies 1100, the three or more plate bodies 1100 are stacked, two adjacent plate bodies 1100 are fixed and hermetically connected, at least one flow channel portion is disposed inside at least one of the two adjacent plate bodies 1100, and a cooling liquid flow channel is formed at the flow channel portion by the adjacent plate bodies; along the first direction of connecting piece, one of two lateral parts of at least one plate body is provided with interface portion and/or runner portion, and the interface portion has at least one interface chamber, and runner portion has the intercommunication mouth with interface chamber intercommunication, and the coolant liquid runner communicates with at least one interface chamber. When the connecting piece includes three or more plate bodies, the two plate bodies located on the outermost side may not be provided with the flow channel portion, and the interface portion may be provided on the plate body on the outermost side or may be provided on the plate body on the relatively inner side.

Referring to fig. 11-15, in an embodiment of the present application, a fluid management device 100 is further provided, the fluid management device 100 includes a connecting member 1000, the connecting member 1000 has a coolant channel 1010, and the connecting member 1000 includes at least one interface portion 1200; the fluid management device 100 includes a fluid management device 2000, a connector 1000 fixedly or restrictively coupled to the fluid management device 2000, the fluid management device 2000 including at least one of a heat exchanger 2300 and an electric valve 2200, the fluid management device 2000 including a mating portion 2010, a connecting portion 1200 sealingly coupled to the mating portion 2010, the fluid management device 2000 capable of communicating with a coolant flow channel 1010. The connecting piece 1000 is provided with a cooling liquid flow channel 1010, the connecting piece 1000 comprises at least two plate bodies, the plate bodies are arranged in a stacked mode, the adjacent plate bodies are fixedly and hermetically connected, at least one flow channel part is arranged inside at least one of the adjacent plate bodies, the adjacent plate bodies form the cooling liquid flow channel at the flow channel part, the fluid management device 2000 is fixedly connected or in limited connection with the connecting piece 1000, the fluid management device 2000 comprises at least one of a heat exchanger 2300 and an electric valve 2200, and the fluid management device 2000 can be communicated with the cooling liquid flow channel 1010, so that the volume of the fluid management device 100 can be reduced, and the fluid management device 100 is beneficial to miniaturization.

In a specific embodiment, the fluid management device 2000 includes a heat exchanger 2300 and an electric valve 2200, specifically, the heat exchanger 2300 includes a first heat exchanger 2310 and a second heat exchanger 2320, the first heat exchanger 2310 and the second heat exchanger 2320 each include a first flow channel and a second flow channel, when the fluid management device 100 operates, the fluid in the first flow channel of the first heat exchanger 2310 and the second flow channel of the first heat exchanger 2310 is cooling liquid, the fluid in the first flow channel of the second heat exchanger 2320 is cooling liquid, and the fluid in the second flow channel of the second heat exchanger 2320 is refrigerant. The electric valve 2200 includes a first electric valve 2210 and a second electric valve 2220, wherein the first electric valve 2210 is a four-way valve or a four-way flow regulating valve, and the second electric valve 2220 is a three-way valve or a three-way flow regulating valve. Of course, in other embodiments, the heat exchanger 2300 may include one of the first heat exchanger 2310 and the second heat exchanger 2320, the electric valve 2200 may also include one of the first electric valve 2210 and the second electric valve 2220, the first electric valve 2210 may also be a three-way valve, a five-way valve, or another kind of valve, and the second electric valve 2220 may also be a four-way valve, a five-way valve, or another kind of valve, which will not be described in detail.

Referring to fig. 12 to 14, the connector 1000 includes an interface portion 1200, the interface portion 1200 includes an interface portion 11221 of a first electric valve, an interface portion 11222 of a second electric valve, an interface portion 1223 of a first heat exchanger, and an interface portion 1224 of a second heat exchanger, the mating portion 2311 of the first heat exchanger is hermetically connected to the interface portion 1223 of the first heat exchanger, the mating portion 2312 of the second heat exchanger is hermetically connected to the interface portion 1224 of the second heat exchanger, the mating portion 2211 of the first electric valve is hermetically connected to the interface portion 11221 of the first electric valve, and the mating portion 2212 of the second electric valve is hermetically connected to the interface portion 11222 of the second electric valve. The coolant flow passage 1010 includes a first coolant flow passage 1011, a second coolant flow passage 1012, a third coolant flow passage 1013, a fourth coolant flow passage 1014, a fifth coolant flow passage 1015, a sixth coolant flow passage 1016, a seventh coolant flow passage 1017, an eighth coolant flow passage 1018, a ninth coolant flow passage 1019 and a tenth coolant flow passage 10110, the first coolant flow passage 1011, the second coolant flow passage 1012, the third coolant flow passage 1013 and the fourth coolant flow passage 1014 each have an opening in a port 11221 of the first electric valve, a fitting 2211 of the first electric valve has an opening corresponding to the above-mentioned openings, and further the first coolant flow passage 1011, the second coolant flow passage 1012, the third coolant flow passage 1013 and the fourth coolant flow passage 1014 can communicate with a switching passage in the first electric valve 2210, and when the first electric valve is operated, the first electric valve 2210 can adjust the first coolant flow passage 1011 and the second coolant flow passage 1012, the second coolant flow passage 2210, the fourth cooling passage 2210, and the fourth electric valve 2210 can communicate with a switching passage 2210 in the first electric valve 2210, The opening/closing and flow rate of at least one of the third coolant channel 1013 and the fourth coolant channel 1014. The sixth coolant flow passage 1016, the eighth coolant flow passage 1018, the seventh coolant flow passage 1017 and the fourth coolant flow passage 1014 respectively have openings in a connecting portion 1223 of the first heat exchanger, the mating portion 2311 of the first heat exchanger has openings corresponding to the openings, and further the sixth coolant flow passage 1016, the eighth coolant flow passage 1018, the seventh coolant flow passage 1017 and the fourth coolant flow passage 1014 communicate with the first flow passage and the second flow passage of the first heat exchanger 2310, specifically, the fourth coolant flow passage 1014 communicates with the first flow passage of the first heat exchanger 2310, the sixth coolant flow passage 1016 communicates with the first flow passage of the first heat exchanger 2310, or the fourth coolant flow passage 1014 communicates with the sixth coolant flow passage 1016 through the first flow passage of the first heat exchanger 2310; the eighth coolant flow passage 1018 communicates with the first flow passage of the first heat exchanger 2310, the seventh coolant flow passage 1017 communicates with the second flow passage of the first heat exchanger 2310, or in other words, the eighth coolant flow passage 1018 communicates with the seventh coolant flow passage 1017 through the second flow passage of the first heat exchanger 2310; the third coolant channel 1013 and the fifth coolant channel 1015 respectively have openings at the interface part 1224 of the second heat exchanger, the matching part 2312 of the second heat exchanger has openings corresponding to the openings, and further, the third coolant channel 1013 and the fifth coolant channel 1015 are respectively communicated with the first channel of the second heat exchanger 2320, or the third coolant channel 1013 is communicated with the fifth coolant channel 1015 through the first channel of the second heat exchanger 2320; the fifth coolant flow passage 1015 and the sixth coolant flow passage 1016 are communicated with each other, the ninth coolant flow passage 1019, the tenth coolant flow passage 10110 and the eighth coolant flow passage 1018 have respective openings in the interface portion 11222 of the second electric valve, the mating portion 2212 of the second electric valve has openings corresponding to the openings, the ninth coolant flow passage 1019, the tenth coolant flow passage 10110 and the eighth coolant flow passage 1018 can be communicated with the switching passage in the second electric valve 2220, and the second electric valve 2220 can adjust the opening/closing and the flow rate of at least one of the eighth coolant flow passage 1018 and the ninth coolant flow passage 1019 and the tenth coolant flow passage 10110.

Referring to fig. 11 and 14, the fluid management device 100 also has a connection port for connecting to other components or tubes within the thermal management system. The connectors are located on the connection member 1000 or on a pipe or block fixedly connected or in limited connection with the connection member 1000, and specifically, the connector 1010 includes a first connector 1011, a second connector 1012, a third connector 1013, a fourth connector 1014, a fifth connector 1015 and a sixth connector 1016, the first coolant channel 1011 communicates with the first connector 1011, the second coolant channel 1012 communicates with the second connector 1012, the fifth coolant channel 1015 communicates with the third connector 1013, the seventh coolant channel 1017 communicates with the fourth connector 1014, the ninth coolant channel 1019 communicates with the fifth connector 1015, and the tenth coolant channel 10110 communicates with the sixth connector 1016.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 11, 14 and 15, the heat exchanger 2300 comprises a plurality of stacked plates, and the heat exchanger 2300 and the electrically operated valve 2200 are located on the same side of the connector 1000 in the direction of stacking of the plates, which facilitates assembly of the fluid management device 100. A first plane is defined, which is perpendicular to the direction of lamination of the plates, and a first direction and a second direction are defined in the first plane, which is perpendicular to the second direction, in which first direction the first electrically operated valve 2210 is located at one side of the heat exchanger 2300, the second electrically operated valve 2220 is located at the other side of the heat exchanger 2300, and the first electrically operated valve 2210 and the second electrically operated valve 2220 are located at different sides of the heat exchanger 2300, where the heat exchanger 2300 includes at least one of the first heat exchanger 2310 and the second heat exchanger 2320. Along the stacking direction of the plates, the first connection port 1011, the fifth connection port 1015 and the first electric valve 2210 are positioned on the same side of the connection 1000; in the first direction, the first connection port 1011 is closer to the second connection port 1012 than the fifth connection port 1015; the opening directions of the third connection port 1013, the fourth connection port 1014, the sixth connection port 1016, and the second connection port 1012 are perpendicular to the opening directions of the first connection port 1011 and the fifth connection port 1015. The second connection port is located between the third connection port and the fourth and sixth connection ports along the second direction.

In addition, the fluid management device 2000 may further include a valve body 2500, the fluid management apparatus 100 includes a throttling component 2530, the valve body is sealingly connected with the second heat exchanger 2320, the valve body 2500 includes a receiving portion, the receiving portion has a receiving cavity, at least a part of the throttling component 2530 is located in the receiving cavity, and the throttling component 2530 is fixedly connected or in limited connection with the valve body 2500; the fluid management device 100 includes a seventh connection port that can communicate with the second flow path of the second heat exchanger 2320 via the throttling member 2530, and an eighth connection port that communicates with the second flow path of the second heat exchanger 2320.

It should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-mentioned embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be modified and equivalents may be substituted for those skilled in the art, and all technical solutions and modifications that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A fluid management device that can be used in a vehicle thermal management system, the fluid management device comprising a connector having a coolant flow channel, the connector comprising at least two plates, the plates being arranged in a stack, adjacent ones of the plates being fixed and sealingly connected, at least one flow channel portion being provided in at least one of the adjacent plates, the adjacent plates forming the coolant flow channel at the flow channel portion; the connector includes at least one interface portion; the fluid management device comprises a fluid management device, the connecting piece is fixedly connected or in limit connection with the fluid management device, the fluid management device comprises at least one of a heat exchanger and an electric valve, the fluid management device comprises a matching part, the connecting part is in sealing connection with the matching part, and the fluid management device can be communicated with the cooling liquid flow channel.

2. The fluid management device of claim 1, wherein the fluid management means comprises a heat exchanger and an electrically operated valve, the heat exchanger comprising a number of stacked plates, the heat exchanger and the electrically operated valve being located on the same side of the connector in the stacking direction of the plates.

3. The fluid management device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the heat exchanger comprises a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, the electrically operated valve comprises a first electrically operated valve and a second electrically operated valve defining a first plane, the first plane being perpendicular to a lamination direction of the sheets, defining a first direction within the first plane, in which first direction the first electrically operated valve is located on one side of the heat exchanger, the second electrically operated valve is located on another side of the heat exchanger, and the first electrically operated valve and the second electrically operated valve are located on different sides of the heat exchanger.

4. The fluid management device of claim 3, wherein the connector comprises a connector portion of the first electrically operated valve, a connector portion of the second electrically operated valve, a connector portion of the first heat exchanger, and a connector portion of the second heat exchanger, wherein the coolant flow passages comprise a first coolant flow passage, a second coolant flow passage, a third coolant flow passage, a fourth coolant flow passage, a fifth coolant flow passage, a sixth coolant flow passage, a seventh coolant flow passage, an eighth coolant flow passage, a ninth coolant flow passage, and a tenth coolant flow passage, wherein the first coolant flow passage, the second coolant flow passage, the third coolant flow passage, and the fourth coolant flow passage each have an opening at the connector portion of the first electrically operated valve, wherein the sixth coolant flow passage, the eighth coolant flow passage, the seventh coolant flow passage, and the fourth coolant flow passage each have an opening at the connector portion of the first heat exchanger, the third coolant flow channel and the fifth coolant flow channel have openings at the interface portion of the second heat exchanger, respectively, the fifth coolant flow channel and the sixth coolant flow channel are communicated, and the ninth coolant flow channel, the tenth coolant flow channel, and the eighth coolant flow channel have openings at the interface portion of the second electric valve, respectively.

5. The fluid management device according to claim 4, wherein the fluid management device comprises a connection port, the connection port is located on the connection member or on a tube or block fixedly or restrictively connected to the connection member, the connection port comprises a first connection port, a second connection port, a third connection port, a fourth connection port, a fifth connection port, and a sixth connection port, the first coolant flow channel is communicated with the first connection port, the second coolant flow channel is communicated with the second connection port, the fifth coolant flow channel is communicated with the third connection port, the seventh coolant flow channel is communicated with the fourth connection port, the ninth coolant flow channel is communicated with the fifth connection port, and the tenth coolant flow channel is communicated with the sixth connection port.

6. The fluid management device according to claim 5, wherein the first connection port, the fifth connection port, and the first electrically operated valve are located on the same side of the connection piece in a stacking direction of the sheets; the first connection port is closer to the second connection port than the fifth connection port along the first direction;

the opening directions of the third, fourth, sixth and second connection ports are perpendicular to the opening directions of the first and fifth connection ports

And a second direction is defined in the first plane, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and the second connection port is located between the third connection port and the fourth and sixth connection ports along the second direction.

7. The fluid management device according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the mating portion of the first heat exchanger is in sealed connection with the connecting portion of the first heat exchanger, the mating portion of the second heat exchanger is in sealed connection with the connecting portion of the second heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger has a first flow channel and a second flow channel, the first flow channel of the first heat exchanger is communicated with the fourth coolant flow channel and the sixth coolant flow channel, and the second flow channel of the first heat exchanger is communicated with the eighth coolant flow channel and the seventh coolant flow channel; the second heat exchanger is provided with a first flow channel and a second flow channel, and the first flow channel of the second heat exchanger is communicated with the fifth cooling liquid flow channel and the third cooling liquid flow channel;

the matching part of the first electric valve is connected with the interface part of the first electric valve in a sealing manner, the matching part of the second electric valve is connected with the interface part of the second electric valve in a sealing manner, the first electric valve can adjust the on-off and flow rate of at least one of the first cooling liquid flow passage and the second cooling liquid flow passage, the third cooling liquid flow passage and the fourth cooling liquid flow passage, and the second electric valve can adjust the on-off and flow rate of at least one of the eighth cooling liquid flow passage and the ninth cooling liquid flow passage and the tenth cooling liquid flow passage.

8. The fluid management device according to claim 7, wherein the fluid management device comprises a valve body, the fluid management device comprises a throttling component, the valve body is connected with the second heat exchanger in a sealing mode, the valve body comprises a containing part, the containing part is provided with a containing cavity, at least part of the throttling component is located in the containing cavity, and the throttling component is fixedly connected or connected with the valve body in a limiting mode;

the fluid management device includes a seventh connection port that can communicate with the second flow channel of the second heat exchanger via the throttle member, and an eighth connection port that communicates with the second flow channel of the second heat exchanger.