SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model mainly aims to provide a liquid cooling cable and a charging device, and aims to solve the technical problem that the existing liquid cooling cable is poor in heat dissipation effect.
To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid-cooled cable, including:
the outer sheath is axially provided with an accommodating cavity;
a plurality of power conductors are arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the power conductors are arranged in parallel and extend along the axial direction of the outer sheath; and
the cold liquid pipe is arranged in the accommodating cavity and used for cooling liquid to flow, a heat conduction layer is arranged on the outer wall of the cold liquid pipe, and the power conductor is tightly attached to the heat conduction layer.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cold liquid pipe includes a liquid inlet pipe and a liquid outlet pipe that are arranged in parallel, outer walls of the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe are respectively provided with the heat conducting layer, the liquid inlet pipe is communicated with the liquid outlet pipe to form a cold liquid channel for the flow of the cooling liquid, and each of the power conductors is tightly attached to one of the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe are disposed opposite to each other and are respectively provided with one, and the number of the power conductors is four, wherein the first power conductor and the second power conductor are tightly attached to the liquid inlet pipe, and the third power conductor and the fourth power conductor are tightly attached to the liquid outlet pipe.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid-cooled cable further includes a ground line, and the ground line is disposed in a space formed by the first power conductor, the second power conductor, the third power conductor, and the fourth power conductor.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid-cooled cable further includes a plurality of wire cores disposed in the accommodating cavity.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the outer sheath includes an insulating layer and an identification layer attached to a side of the insulating layer facing the power conductor, where the insulating layer and the identification layer form the accommodating cavity.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, a side of the identification layer facing the power conductor is provided with the heat conductive layer.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the heat conductive layer is an aluminum foil layer.
Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the power conductor includes a bare conductor and an insulating sheath disposed on an outer wall of the bare conductor.
In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a charging apparatus, which includes the above-described liquid cooling cable.
Compared with the prior art, in the technical scheme provided by the utility model, the outer sheath can be used for protecting the power conductor and the cold liquid pipe, and the outer sheath is coated on the periphery of the power conductor and the cold liquid pipe, so that the power conductor and the cold liquid pipe can be prevented from being exposed to the outside to cause accidental damage, and the service life is prolonged. The power conductor is used for being connected in order to switch on the circuit with outside battery charging outfit electricity, and after the circuit switched on, the power conductor can produce a large amount of heats, with the attached outer wall at the cold liquid pipe of power conductor, can utilize the flow of cold liquid in the cold liquid pipe to take away the heat on power conductor surface to in time dispel the heat to the power conductor, make the temperature of power conductor be in the safety range, avoid the high temperature of power conductor and the potential safety hazard appears. The power conductor is after the circular telegram, and the heat can gather fast, sets up the heat-conducting layer at the surface of cold liquid pipe, can accelerate heat transfer or the heat exchange between cold liquid pipe and the power conductor, can be quick effectual dispel the heat of gathering to improve the radiating effect of cold liquid pipe to the power conductor.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments that can be obtained by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without any inventive step belong to the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.
It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.
In addition, descriptions such as references to "first", "second", and the like in the embodiments of the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit ly indicating a number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless explicitly specified otherwise.
In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected", "fixed", and the like are to be understood broadly, for example, "fixed" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral body; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.
In addition, technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to be based on the realization of the technical solutions by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory to each other or cannot be realized, such a combination of technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope claimed by the embodiments of the present invention.
In the use process of the electric automobile, the requirement of users for quick charging is higher and higher. In order to realize quick high-power charging and avoid overhigh temperature of a cable in the charging process, increasing the wire diameter of the cable is a common choice. However, increasing the wire diameter may cause higher cost, and also may cause an increase in the weight of the cable, which may increase the volume of the charging gun and other accessories, so that the entire charging device becomes more robust and heavier. Therefore, the adoption of a small-wire-diameter and light-weight liquid cooling cable to reduce the temperature of the cable becomes a hot proposal for solving the problem of high-power charging. However, the existing liquid cooling cable has poor heat dissipation effect when in use, affects customer experience, and cannot be popularized and used on a large scale.
In view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid-cooled cable and a charging device, in which a heat conduction layer is disposed on an outer wall of a cold liquid pipe, and heat exchange and heat transfer between a power conductor and the cold liquid pipe can be accelerated by using a heat conduction performance of the heat conduction layer, so as to improve a heat dissipation effect of the cold liquid pipe on the power conductor, effectively reduce a temperature of the power conductor, and improve safety of the liquid-cooled cable in use.
In order to better understand the technical scheme, the technical scheme is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1-2, a liquid cooling cable according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
an outer sheath 200 having an accommodating cavity formed in an axial direction;
a plurality of power conductors 100 are arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the plurality of power conductors 100 are arranged in parallel and extend along the axial direction of the outer sheath 200; and
the cold liquid pipe 300 is disposed in the accommodating cavity for flowing the cooling liquid, a heat conduction layer 400 is disposed on an outer wall of the cold liquid pipe 300, and the power conductor 100 is tightly attached to the heat conduction layer 400.
In the technical scheme adopted by the embodiment, the outer sheath 200 can be used for protecting the power conductor 100 and the cold liquid pipe 300, the outer sheath 200 covers the periphery of the power conductor 100 and the cold liquid pipe 300, and accidental damage caused by exposure of the power conductor 100 and the cold liquid pipe 300 can be avoided, so that the service life is prolonged. Power conductor 100 is used for being connected in order to switch on the circuit with outside battery charging outfit electricity, and after the circuit switched on, power conductor 100 can produce a large amount of heats, with power conductor 100 attached at the outer wall of cold liquid pipe 300, can utilize the flow of the cooling liquid in cold liquid pipe 300 to take away the heat on power conductor 100 surface to in time dispel the heat to power conductor 100, make the temperature of power conductor 100 be in the safety range, avoid power conductor 100's high temperature and the potential safety hazard appears. After power conductor 100 is used in the circular telegram, the heat can gather fast, sets up heat-conducting layer 400 at the surface of cold liquid pipe 300, can accelerate heat transfer or the heat exchange between cold liquid pipe 300 and power conductor 100, can be quick effectual dispel the heat of gathering to improve cold liquid pipe 300 to the radiating effect of power conductor 100.
Specifically, the liquid cooling cable provided by this embodiment may be applied to a high-power charging device, such as a charging gun or a charging dock, and the liquid cooling cable may include the outer sheath 200, the power conductor 100, the cold liquid pipe 300, and the heat conduction layer 400 disposed on the outer wall of the cold liquid pipe 300.
The power conductor 100 may be made of a conductive material, such as copper, and can be used to electrically connect with an external charging device to conduct a circuit, the power conductor 100 may be a single wire or a bundle of multiple wires, and preferably, the bundle of multiple wires is formed into one power conductor 100, so as to ensure that the power conductor 100 has a strong current-carrying capacity.
The outer sheath 200 is used for protecting the power conductor 100, an accommodating cavity is formed inside the outer sheath 200, the power conductor 100 is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the accommodating cavity can be used for wrapping the periphery of the power conductor 100, so that the power conductor 100 is not exposed, the power conductor 100 is hidden, on one hand, the power conductor 100 can be prevented from being damaged by the outside, and on the other hand, the power conductor 100 can be prevented from being leaked to cause electricity utilization danger. The outer sheath 200 may be made of an insulating material, may be made of any one of PVC, TPE, TPU and rubber materials, and may be shaped as a cylinder, which facilitates formation of a receiving cavity, thereby simplifying the production process, improving the production efficiency, and reducing the production cost.
The cold liquid pipe 300 is for flowing a cold liquid. The outer walls of the power conductor 100 and the cold liquid pipe 300 are attached to each other, so that heat on the surface of the power conductor 100 can be taken away in the flowing process of the cooling liquid, and the heat dissipation of the power conductor 100 is realized. Cold liquid tube 300 may be made of a flexible insulating material, for example, a flexible plastic tube or rubber tube, which has good flexibility and facilitates power conductor 100 to be tightly attached to cold liquid tube 300. In addition, cold liquid pipe 300 is made by flexible material, is favorable to cold liquid pipe 300 to take place local deformation to increase the area of contact between cold liquid pipe 300 and power conductor 100, and then improve the radiating efficiency. The cold liquid pipe 300 can also adopt a pipe material with high thermal conductivity, so that the heat exchange between the power conductor 100 and the cold liquid pipe 300 is improved, most of heat generated by the power conductor 100 is taken away by cooling liquid in the cold liquid pipe 300, and the heat dissipation effect of the cold liquid pipe 300 on the power conductor 100 is improved. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, a specific material of the cold liquid tube 300 is not limited, and in other embodiments, a hydrolysis-resistant and high thermal conductive insulating material, and a material with a certain softness and high mechanical strength may be adopted according to actual use requirements, so as to ensure that the power conductor 100 can be tightly attached to the outer wall of the cold liquid tube 300. The cooling liquid may be an insulating liquid having a good thermal conductivity, and for example, any one of transformer oil, capacitor oil, cable oil, silicone oil, or mineral oil may be used. In other embodiments, the cooling liquid may be a mixture of water and glycol. It should be noted that the present embodiment is not limited to a specific material of the cooling liquid, and in other embodiments, the cooling liquid may be made of other suitable materials according to the needs of the user.
Heat-conducting layer 400 sets up at the outer wall of cold liquid pipe 300, can adopt heat-conducting glue or aluminium foil layer, and the heat conduction effect of heat-conducting glue or aluminium foil layer is better, can accelerate the heat-conduction efficiency between cold liquid pipe 300 and power conductor 100, can be timely dispel the heat to power conductor 100, improves the radiating effect, and the temperature of guarantee power conductor 100 makes the liquid cooling cable can the safe handling in normal range. The outer wall of the cold liquid pipe 300 may be provided with only a heat conducting glue or an aluminum foil layer, or may be provided with both a heat conducting glue and an aluminum foil layer. Specifically, an aluminum foil layer may be disposed on the outer wall of the cold liquid pipe 300, and then the aluminum foil layer may be coated with a heat conductive adhesive. In the actual application process, the selection may be preferred according to the customer or the actual requirement, and this embodiment is not limited.
Further, referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid cooling pipe 300 includes a liquid inlet pipe 310 and a liquid outlet pipe 320 arranged in parallel, the outer walls of the liquid inlet pipe 310 and the liquid outlet pipe 320 are respectively provided with a heat conducting layer 400, the liquid inlet pipe 310 is communicated with the liquid outlet pipe 320 to form a cooling liquid channel for flowing cooling liquid, and each power conductor 100 is tightly attached to one of the liquid inlet pipe 310 and the liquid outlet pipe 320.
In the solution adopted in this embodiment, the cold liquid pipe 300 may include a liquid inlet pipe 310 and a liquid outlet pipe 320, and both ends of the liquid inlet pipe 310 and the liquid outlet pipe 320 are open and are connected by a connection device to form a circulation loop, and the cooling liquid flows in the circulation loop. By arranging the liquid inlet pipe 310 and the liquid outlet pipe 320, the power conductors 100 can be abutted with the corresponding power conductors 100, and it can be understood that all the power conductors 100 are dispersed, and each power conductor 100 is only attached to any one of the liquid inlet pipe 310 and the liquid outlet pipe 320, so that the heat dissipation effect is prevented from being influenced by the fact that all the power conductors 100 are attached to the same cooling pipeline, and the full utilization of the liquid inlet pipe 310 and the liquid outlet pipe 320 is realized.
Further, referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, there are four power conductors 100, where the liquid inlet tube 310 and the liquid outlet tube 320 are disposed opposite to each other and are respectively provided with one, and the first power conductor and the second power conductor are tightly attached to the liquid inlet tube 310, the third power conductor and the fourth power conductor are tightly attached to the liquid outlet tube 320, the first power conductor and the fourth power conductor are disposed adjacent to each other, and the second power conductor and the third power conductor are disposed adjacent to each other.
In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, there is one liquid inlet pipe 310 and one liquid outlet pipe 320, that is, the cooling system adopts a one-in-one-out mode, so as to conveniently form a circulation loop for the cooling liquid to flow. In the process that the cooling liquid flows in the circulation loop, the heat on the surface of the power conductor 100 can be continuously taken away, and the power conductor 100 is timely radiated. In the present embodiment, four power conductors 100 are provided, and the liquid inlet tube 310 and the liquid outlet tube 320 are disposed opposite to each other, and it is understood that the liquid inlet tube 310 and the liquid outlet tube 320 are disposed symmetrically with respect to the central axis of the outer sheath 200, that is, the liquid inlet tube 310 and the liquid outlet tube 320 are disposed on both sides of the central axis. The first power conductor and the second power conductor are tightly attached to the liquid inlet pipe 310, the third power conductor and the fourth power conductor are tightly attached to the liquid outlet pipe 320, the first power conductor and the fourth power conductor are adjacently arranged, the second power conductor and the third power conductor are adjacently arranged, so that the liquid inlet pipe 310, the liquid outlet pipe 320, the first power conductor, the second power conductor, the third power conductor and the fourth power conductor enclose a virtual circle, on one hand, the space can be fully utilized, make overall structure compacter, on the other hand makes first power conductor, second power conductor, third power conductor and fourth power conductor evenly distributed, improves feed liquor pipe 310 and drain pipe 320 to the radiating homogeneity of power conductor 100, avoids the great local high temperature that produces of the temperature difference of different positions in oversheath 200 to further improve the security of liquid cooling cable use.
Further, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid-cooled cable further includes a ground wire 500, and the ground wire 500 is disposed in a space formed by the first power conductor, the second power conductor, the third power conductor, and the fourth power conductor.
In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, the grounding wire 500 is also called a safety return line, which facilitates direct transfer of high voltage to the ground in case of danger, thereby avoiding electric shock of the user. In this embodiment, the ground wire 500 is disposed in a space formed by the first power conductor, the second power conductor, the third power conductor and the fourth power conductor, and it can be understood that the ground wire 500 is concentric with the center of the virtual circle, so that the space in the outer sheath 200 can be effectively utilized, and the liquid cooling cable is smaller. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the grounding wire 500 may be disposed at other positions in the accommodating cavity according to the requirements of users or practical applications. In this embodiment, the ground wire 500 may include a ground conductor and a ground insulating layer, and the ground insulating layer is wrapped around the ground conductor.
Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid-cooled cable further includes a plurality of cores 600 disposed in the accommodating cavity.
In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, the wire core 600 is used for electrically connecting a small power device, and may be a cable with an insulating layer or a bare cable, and a filler may be disposed in the insulating layer to fix the wire core 600 in the insulating layer.
Further, referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the outer sheath 200 includes an insulating layer 210 and an identification layer 220 attached to a side of the insulating layer 210 facing the power conductor 100, wherein the insulating layer 210 and the identification layer 220 form a receiving cavity.
In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, the outer sheath 200 may include an insulating layer 210 and an identification layer 220, and the insulating layer 210 is used for preventing the power conductor 100 from leaking electricity and causing injury to a user. The identification layer 220 sets up in the one side of insulating layer 210 towards power conductor 100, and after the liquid cooling cable was used for a long time, the identification layer 220 was exposed because of taking place wearing and tearing to the insulating layer 210, was favorable to the user to discover that the oversheath 200 of liquid cooling cable has taken place wearing and tearing to in time change or maintenance, avoid taking place the incident. In this embodiment, for the convenience of observation by a user, the identification layer 220 and the insulating layer 210 may be different in material, shape, or color, and only needs to be visually observed by the user that the outer sheath 200 is worn. Illustratively, the insulation layer 210 may be made of black, wear-resistant insulation material, and the identification layer 220 may be made of red material, so as to facilitate the observation of the user. In addition, in order to improve the insulation effect, the insulation layer 210 and the identification layer 220 may be made of insulation materials, in this case, for the convenience of distinguishing between the two, the shapes or colors of the insulation layer 210 and the identification layer 220 may be different, and of course, warning signs, such as continuously arranged exclamation marks or triangles, may also be arranged on the identification layer 220.
Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the utility model, the identification layer 220 is provided with a heat conductive layer 400 on the side facing the power conductors 100.
In the solution adopted in this embodiment, by the heat conductive layer 400 disposed on the side of the identification layer 220 facing the power conductors 100, the heat on the surface of the power conductors 100 can be transferred to the outside of the outer sheath 200 through the heat conductive layer 400, thereby achieving heat dissipation of the power conductors 100. The dual heat dissipation function of the outer sheath 200 and the cold liquid pipe 300 can improve the heat dissipation effect of the power conductor 100.
Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the heat conductive layer 400 is an aluminum foil layer.
In the technical scheme adopted by this embodiment, the aluminum foil has good heat conductivity and plasticity, and the heat transfer between the power conductor 100 and the cold liquid tube 300 can be accelerated by utilizing the aluminum foil layer, so that the heat dissipation of the power conductor 100 is facilitated, the temperature uniformity inside the outer sheath 200 is improved, and the occurrence of local high temperature is avoided. Moreover, the aluminum foil is made of soft materials, so that the contact area between the power conductor 100 and the cold liquid pipe 300 can be increased, the heat dissipation power is improved, the cold liquid pipe 300 and the power conductor 100 can be conveniently coated, and the convenience of assembly is improved.
Further, referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the power conductor 100 includes a bare conductor 110 and an insulating sheath 120 disposed on an outer wall of the bare conductor 110.
In the technical solution adopted in this embodiment, the bare conductor 110 may be made of a conductive material, such as copper, and can be electrically connected to an external charging device to conduct a circuit, and the insulating sheath 120 covers the periphery of the bare conductor 110, so as to prevent the bare conductor 110 from causing danger to a user due to leakage. The insulating sheath 120 may be made of an insulating material, and may be made of any one of PVC, TPE, TPU, and rubber materials, and may be shaped as a cylinder to conveniently cover the bare conductor 110.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides a charging device, which includes the above liquid-cooling cable, and specifically, the specific structure of the liquid-cooling cable refers to the above embodiment, and since the charging device adopts all technical solutions of the above embodiment, the charging device at least has all beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiment, and details are not repeated herein.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents that can be made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the embodiments of the present invention or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.