Detailed Description
The fluid management device of the technical solution of the present invention can have multiple embodiments, wherein at least one embodiment can be applied to a vehicle thermal management system, at least one embodiment can be applied to other thermal management systems such as a household thermal management system or a commercial thermal management system, and the following fluid management device applied to the vehicle thermal management system is described with reference to the accompanying drawings as an example, and the fluid is a refrigerant, including R134a or CO2 or other forms of refrigerants.
Referring to fig. 1-12, one embodiment of the present application provides a fluid management device 10, the fluid management device 10 includes a first valve part 11, a second valve part 12, and a connecting body 13, the connecting body 13 includes a first receiving portion 131 and a second receiving portion 132, at least a portion of the first valve part 11 is located in the receiving cavity of the first receiving portion 131, at least a portion of the second valve part 12 is located in the receiving cavity of the second receiving portion 132, the first valve part 11 and the connecting body 13 are fixedly connected or connected in a position-limiting manner, and the second valve part 12 and the connecting body 13 are fixedly connected or connected in a position-limiting manner, where the fixedly connected or connected position-limiting manner includes a threaded connection, a welding connection, or a bolt connection. The connecting body 13 includes a first side portion 133, and the accommodating cavity of the first accommodating portion 131 and the accommodating cavity of the second accommodating portion 132 have openings at the first side portion 133, respectively. The fluid management device 10 has a first port 1301 and a second port 1302, the first port 1301 and the second port 1302 being located in the connecting body 13, in this embodiment, the first port 1301 and the second port 1302 are located in the first valve portion 11 and the second valve portion 12, respectively, although in other embodiments, the first port 1301 and the second port 1302 may be located in the connecting body and will not be described in detail. The first valve part 11 includes a first valve body 111, the first valve body 111 can open and close the first valve port 1301, or the first valve part 11 can open and close the first valve port 1301, the second valve part 12 includes a second valve body 121, the second valve body 121 can open and close the second valve port 1302, and the second valve part 12 can open and close the second valve port 1302, where the opening also includes adjusting the size of the valve port. The connecting body 13 has a flow channel 1300, the flow channel 1300 includes a first flow passage 1311, the first flow passage 1311 includes a first port 1312 and a second port 1313, and when the first valve portion 11 opens the first port 1301, the receiving chamber of the first receiving portion 131 communicates with the first port 1301, and further the receiving chamber of the first receiving portion 131 communicates with the first port 1312 through the first port 1301. The second port 1313 is located in a wall of the second receiving portion 132, and the first flow passage 1311 communicates with the receiving cavity of the second receiving portion 132, and when the second spool opens the second port, or when the second valve portion 12 opens the second port 1302, the receiving cavity of the second receiving portion 132 communicates with the second port 1302. In the axial direction of the first receiving portion 131, the first port 1301 is closer to the first side portion 133 than the first port 1312, and the second port 1313 is closer to the first side portion 133 than the first port 1312. In one operational state of the fluid management device 10, the first valve portion 11 is located upstream of the second valve portion 12, and the first valve portion 11 is capable of opening the first valve port 1301, such that fluid enters the first flow passage 1311 from the receiving chamber of the first receiving portion 131, the first valve port 1301, and then enters the receiving chamber of the second receiving portion 132, the second valve port 1302. In the present embodiment, the first valve port 1301 is closer to the first side portion 133 than the first port 1312, the second port 1313 is closer to the first side portion 133 than the first port 1312, and the second port 1313 is closer to the first side portion 133 than the second valve port 1302 in the axial direction of the first housing portion 131, so that the first housing portion and the second housing portion are relatively flush with each other in the axial direction of the first housing portion 131, which is advantageous in that the height difference between the second valve portion 12 and the first valve portion 11 is relatively reduced, which can reduce the volume of the fluid management device 10, and is advantageous in that the fluid management device 10 is miniaturized. Further, the first side portion 133 includes a first area 1331 and a second area 1332, the receiving cavity of the first receiving portion 131 has an opening in the first area 1331, the receiving cavity of the second receiving portion 132 has an opening in the second area 1332, and the first area 1331 and the second area 1332 are relatively flush along the axial direction of the first receiving portion 131, so that the first valve portion 11 and the second valve portion can be aligned and flush, thereby facilitating the reduction of the volume of the fluid management device.
Referring to fig. 5, the flow channel 1300 further includes a second flow channel 1321 and a third flow channel 1322, wherein the second flow channel 1321 has a port on the wall of the first receiving portion 131, in this embodiment, along the axial direction of the first receiving portion 131, the second flow channel 1321 has a port on the wall of the first receiving portion 131 closer to the first side portion 133 than the first valve port 1301, the second valve port 1302 is closer to the first side portion 133 than a part of the third flow channel 1322, the first valve portion 11 can open and close the first valve port 1301 to connect and disconnect the second flow channel 1321 and the first flow channel 1311, and the second valve portion 12 can open and close the second valve port to connect and disconnect the first flow channel 1311 and the third flow channel 1322, so that when the fluid management device 10 operates, the fluid flows through the second flow channel 1321, the first valve port 1301, the first flow channel 1311, the second flow channel 1302, or the fluid flows through the second flow channel 1322 into the fluid management device 10, and out of the fluid management device 10 via the third flow passage 1322.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the connecting body 13 includes a first connecting body 1320 and a second connecting body 1330, wherein the first connecting body 1320 and the second connecting body 1330 are hermetically connected, specifically, a connecting wall 1322 of the first connecting body faces the second connecting body 1330, a connecting wall 1322 of the second connecting body 1330 faces the first connecting body 1320, and the connecting wall 1322 of the first connecting body and the connecting wall of the second connecting body 1330 are hermetically disposed, and the sealing manner may be welding sealing, bonding sealing, or other sealing manners. The first side portion 133 is located on the first connection body 1320, and along the axial direction of the first accommodating portion 131, the first side portion 133 is located on one side of the first connection body 1320, the connection wall 1322 of the first connection body is located on the opposite side of the first connection body 1320, and the first accommodating portion 131 and the second accommodating portion 132 are located on the first connection body 1320. The connecting body can be in a block structure or a plate structure.
Referring to fig. 4, 7, 9 and 12, the connecting body 13 includes a first hole portion 1321 and a first flow passage portion 1310, the first flow passage portion 1310 has a first flow passage 1311, a wall of the first flow passage portion 1310 is located on at least one of the first connecting body 1320 and the second connecting body 1330, the first valve port 1301 is closer to the first side portion 133 than the first hole portion 1321 along an axial direction of the first accommodating portion 131, the cavity of the first hole portion 1321 has a port facing the second connecting body 1330 on the connecting wall 1322 of the first connecting body, the first valve port 1301 can communicate with a cavity of the first hole portion 1321, the first port 1312 is located on a wall of the first hole portion 1321, and further the cavity of the first hole portion 1321 communicates with the first flow passage 1311.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 10, the first flow path portion 1310 includes a second hole portion 1314, the second hole portion 1314 is located in the first connecting body 1320, the bore of the second hole portion 1314 has a first port 1312 in a wall of the first hole portion 1321, the bore of the second hole portion 1314 has a second port 1313 in a wall of the second receiving portion 132, and the second hole portion 1314 is disposed obliquely with respect to an axis of the first receiving portion 131. The first flow path portion 1310 includes a second hole portion 1314, and the second hole portion 1314 is inclined with respect to an axis of the first receiving portion 131. In this embodiment, the first flow path portion 1310 includes a second hole portion 1314, which is a straight hole and is inclined with respect to the axis of the first receiving portion, and the second hole portion has a relatively simple structure, and thus the connecting body 13 has a relatively simple structure.
In another embodiment, referring to fig. 7, 9 and 12, the first flow passage portion 1310 includes a recess 1315 and a second hole portion 1314, wherein the recess 1315 is located at least one of the first connection body 1320 and the second connection body 1330, the second hole portion 1314 is located at the first connection body 1320, the recess 1315 has a first port 1312 at a wall of the first hole portion 1321, the second hole portion 1314 has a port at a bottom wall of the recess 1315 or the second hole portion 1314 has a port at a connection wall 1322 of the first connection body facing the recess 1315, the second hole portion 1314 has a second port 1313 at a wall of the second accommodation portion 132, and the second port 1313 is closer to the first side portion 133 or the connection wall 1322 of the first connection body than the recess 1315 is to the first side portion 133 in an axial direction of the first accommodation portion 131. The first flow passage portion 1310 includes a recess 1315 and a second bore portion 1314 to facilitate forming of the first flow passage portion. In other embodiments, referring to fig. 11, the recess 1315 includes a first recess 1316, the first recess 1316 has an opening facing the second connecting body 1330 at a connecting wall 1322 of the first connecting body, the first recess 1316 has an opening at a wall of the first hole portion 1321, the first recess 1316 has an opening at a wall of the second accommodating portion 132, and a bottom wall of the first recess 1316 extends in a direction inclined with respect to an axis of the first accommodating portion 131.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 7 and 9, the recess 1315 includes a first recess 1316, the first recess 1316 is located in the first connecting body 1320, the first recess 1316 has an opening facing the second connecting body 1330 at a connecting wall 1322 of the first connecting body, the first recess 1316 has a first port 1312 at a wall of the first hole portion 1321, the second hole portion 1314 has a port at a bottom wall of the first recess 1316, and the second port 1313 is closer to the first side portion 133 than the bottom wall of the first recess 1316 along the axial direction of the first receiving portion 131, when the wall of the first flow channel portion 1310 includes the recess 1315 and a part of the connecting wall of the second connecting body 1330. The recess 1315 and the second hole portion 1314 are processed at the first connection body 1320, which is relatively convenient.
In another embodiment, referring to fig. 12, a portion of the first hole 1321 may also be located on the second connecting body 1330, and the recessed portion 1315 further includes a second recessed portion 1337, the second recessed portion 1337 has an opening facing the first connecting body 1320 on the connecting wall of the second connecting body 1330, the second recessed portion 1337 has a first port 1312 on the wall of the first hole 1321, and the second hole 1314 has an opening facing the bottom wall of the second recessed portion 1337 on the connecting wall 1322 of the first connecting body.
It is understood that the recess 1315 may also include a first recess 1316 and a second recess 1337, a portion of the first bore portion 1321 being located in the first connector body 1320 and a portion of the first bore portion 1321 being located in the second connector body 1330, wherein the first recess 1316 has a portion of the first port 1312 in the first bore portion 1321 located in the first connector body 1320, the second recess 1337 has a portion of the first port 1312 in the first bore portion 1321 located in the second connector body 1330, and the second bore portion 1314 has an opening in the bottom wall of the first recess 1316.
The fluid management device 10 comprises a third valve part 14, the connecting body 13 comprises a third receiving portion 141, at least a part of the third valve part 14 is located in a receiving cavity of the third receiving portion 141, and the third valve part 14 is fixedly or position-limited connected with a connecting member, in this embodiment, the receiving cavity of the third receiving portion has a port at a first side portion. The second flow passage 1321 has an opening in the wall of the second housing portion 132, the fluid management device 10 has a fourth flow passage 1323, and the third valve portion 14 can communicate and not communicate the second flow passage 1321 with the fourth flow passage 1323. The fluid management device 10 has a first port 101, a second port 102, a third port 103 and a fourth port 104, the first port 101, the second port 102, the third port 103 and the fourth port 104 are located on the outer wall of the connecting body 13, although the first port 101, the second port 102, the third port 103 and the fourth port 104 may be located on a tube or block connected to the connecting body 13. The first port 101 communicates with the second flow passage 1321, the second port 102 communicates with the fourth flow passage 1323, the third port 103 communicates with the first flow passage 1311, and the fourth port 104 communicates with the third flow passage 1322. The fluid management device 10 includes a first mode of operation in which the first port 101 communicates with the second port 102 via the third valve portion 14 and the third port 103 communicates with the fourth port 104 via the second valve portion 12, and a second mode of operation in which the fluid management device 10 is operated; in the second mode of operation of the fluid management device 10, the first port 101 communicates with the third port 103 via the first valve portion 11, or the first port 101 communicates with the third port 103 via the first valve portion 11 and with the fourth port 104 via the second valve portion 12.
The first, second and third valve portions may be on-off valves, and the first, second and third valve portions may also be throttle valves, which will not be described in detail.
It should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the present invention and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the present invention, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions and modifications thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention can be modified or replaced by other technical solutions and modifications by those skilled in the art.