CN217129635U - Integrated device for thermal management system, thermal management system and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an integrated device for thermal management system and thermal management system, vehicle thereof for thermal management system's integrated device includes: the kettle comprises a kettle body, a first accommodating cavity and a second accommodating cavity, wherein the first accommodating cavity and the second accommodating cavity are communicated with each other; the liquid pump is arranged on the kettle body and is positioned at the liquid outlet; the heater is arranged on the kettle body and comprises a heating core body, and the heating core body is positioned in the first accommodating cavity. According to the utility model discloses an integrated device has simplified integrated device's structure, can reduce integrated device's cost, alleviates integrated device's weight, and integrated device's size is less simultaneously, shared space when can reducing the integrated device installation.

Description

Integrated device for thermal management system, thermal management system and vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the thermal management system technique and specifically relates to an integrated device for thermal management system and thermal management system, vehicle thereof are related to.

Background

In the related art, the structure of the integrated mechanism for the heat management system is complex, the integrated mechanism is difficult to produce and manufacture, the cost of the integrated mechanism is high, the size of the integrated mechanism is large, the integrated mechanism needs to occupy a large space during installation, arrangement of other components in the whole vehicle can be influenced, and meanwhile, the integration flexibility of the integrated mechanism is not high, and the applicability of the integrated mechanism is influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an integrated device for a thermal management system, which simplifies the structure of the integrated device, reduces the cost of the integrated device, reduces the weight of the integrated device, and reduces the size of the integrated device, thereby reducing the occupied space of the integrated device during installation.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a thermal management system using the above integrated device.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a vehicle employing the above thermal management system.

According to the utility model discloses an integrated device for thermal management system of first aspect embodiment includes: the kettle comprises a kettle body, a first accommodating cavity and a second accommodating cavity, wherein the first accommodating cavity and the second accommodating cavity are communicated with each other; the liquid pump is arranged on the kettle body and is positioned at the liquid outlet; the heater is arranged on the kettle body and comprises a heating core body, and the heating core body is positioned in the first accommodating cavity.

According to the utility model discloses an integrated device for thermal management system through all setting up heater and liquid pump on the kettle body, and the heating member is located the first intracavity that holds of the kettle body, and the liquid pump is located the liquid outlet department that holds the chamber intercommunication with the second. Therefore, the structure of the integrated device is simplified, the cost of the integrated device can be reduced, the weight of the integrated device is reduced, and meanwhile, the size of the integrated device is small, and the occupied space of the integrated device during installation can be reduced.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, be formed with on the first inner wall that holds the chamber with the second holds the intercommunication mouth that the chamber communicates, the intercommunication mouth is located the first upper portion that holds the chamber, the inlet is located the first lower part that holds the chamber.

According to the utility model discloses a few embodiments, the inlet with the liquid outlet is located same one side of the length direction of the kettle body, the intercommunication mouth is located first edge that holds the chamber the length direction's of the kettle body opposite side.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the inlet with the liquid outlet is located respectively the ascending both sides of width direction of the kettle body.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the heating core is a plurality of, and is a plurality of the heating core includes at least one first heating core and at least one second heating core, first heating core with the second heating core is followed the direction of height of the kettle body is spaced apart, just first heating core with the second heating core with the first heat transfer runner of injecing the S-shaped between holding the inner wall in chamber jointly.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, the first edge that holds the chamber two lateral walls that are relative each other of the length direction of the kettle body are first lateral wall and second lateral wall respectively, be equipped with first rib on the first lateral wall, be equipped with the second rib on the second lateral wall, first rib with the second rib all follows the width direction of the kettle body extends, the one end of first heating core with first rib ends to support, the second heating core with the second rib ends to support.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the first accommodating cavity has an installation opening penetrating through one side of the kettle body in the width direction, and the plurality of heating cores are fitted in the first accommodating cavity through the installation opening; the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity, which is opposite to the mounting opening, is provided with at least one third rib, the third rib extends along the length direction of the kettle body, the third rib is positioned between the first heating core body and the second heating core body, and the heat exchange flow channel is defined by the third rib, the first heating core body, the second heating core body and the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity together.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, be equipped with liquid pump installation position and heater installation position on the kettle body, the liquid pump is installed liquid pump installation position department, the heater is installed heater installation position department.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the heater is a PTC heater.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the kettle body comprises: a housing having the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber therein, the housing having a top opened; the cover body is arranged at the top of the shell, and a liquid filling opening is formed in the cover body.

According to the utility model discloses thermal management system of second aspect embodiment, include according to the utility model discloses the integrated device that is used for thermal management system of the above-mentioned first aspect embodiment.

According to the utility model discloses vehicle of third aspect embodiment, include according to the utility model discloses the heat management system of above-mentioned second aspect.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an integrated device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded view of an integrated device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a top view of an integrated device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a kettle body of an integrated device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another angle of a kettle body of an integrated device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a top view of a kettle body of an integrated device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a side view of a kettle body of an integrated device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in fig. 8.

Reference numerals:

100: an integrated device;

1: a kettle body; 11: a first accommodating chamber; 111: a communication port; 112: a first side wall; 113: a second side wall;

114: an installation port; 12: a second accommodating chamber; 121: a second sub-receiving cavity; 13: a liquid inlet;

14: a liquid outlet; 15: a first rib; 16: a second rib; 17: a third rib; 18: a housing;

19: a cover body; 191: a liquid filling port; 20: a liquid feeding cover; 21: a clapboard: 211: a through hole; 2: a liquid pump;

3: a heater; 31: a first heating core; 32: a second heating core; 33: an electric terminal is connected; 4: a liquid inlet pipe.

Detailed Description

An integrated device 100 for a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1-9.

As shown in fig. 1 to 9, an integrated device 100 for a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a kettle body 1, a liquid pump 2 and a heater 3.

Specifically, the kettle body 1 is provided with a first accommodating cavity 11 and a second accommodating cavity 12 which are communicated with each other, the kettle body 1 is provided with a liquid inlet 13 and a liquid outlet 14, the liquid inlet 13 is communicated with the first accommodating cavity 11, and the liquid outlet 14 is communicated with the second accommodating cavity 12. The liquid pump 2 is arranged on the kettle body 1, and the liquid pump 2 is positioned at the liquid outlet 14. The heater 3 is arranged on the kettle body 1, the heater 3 comprises a heating core body, and the heating core body is positioned in the first accommodating cavity 11.

For example, in the example of fig. 1 to 9, the first receiving cavity 11 may be formed at one side of the pot body 1 in the width direction (e.g., the up-down direction in fig. 3), the second receiving cavity 12 may include three second sub-receiving cavities 121, the three second sub-receiving cavities 121 may be arranged along the length direction (e.g., the left-right direction in fig. 3) of the pot body 1, a partition 21 is provided between two adjacent second sub-receiving cavities 121, each partition 21 is formed with a through hole 211 to communicate the two adjacent second sub-receiving cavities 121, and the two partitions 21 and the inner wall of the pot body 1 may define a flow passage. With reference to fig. 3 and 6, the two through holes 211 of the two partitions 21 can be respectively located at two sides of the kettle body 1 in the width direction, so as to increase the length of the flow channel and further improve the heat exchange efficiency. The integrated apparatus 100 may further include a liquid inlet pipe 4, one end of the liquid inlet pipe 4 being communicated with the liquid inlet 13, and the liquid pump 2 being communicated with the liquid outlet 14. The heater 3 further includes electrical terminals 33, and the heating core may be electrically connected to the power supply member through the electrical terminals 33 so that the heating core can heat the coolant in the first receiving chamber 11.

From this, compare with traditional integrated mechanism, simplified integrated device 100's structure, convenient production and processing, simultaneously through with heating member and liquid pump 2 integration on the kettle body 1, can save the setting of connecting piece or installing support to can reduce integrated device 100's cost, alleviate integrated device 100's weight, and effectively utilized the space of the kettle body 1, so that integrated device 100 is miniaturized, thereby shared space when can reducing integrated device 100 and install.

With reference to fig. 3 and 4, the cooling liquid can flow into the first accommodating cavity 11 from the liquid inlet 13 through the liquid inlet pipe 4, at this time, the heating core is connected with electricity to heat the cooling liquid in the first accommodating cavity 11, the heated cooling liquid flows into the second accommodating cavity 121 adjacent to the first accommodating cavity 11 in the three second accommodating cavities 121, the cooling liquid in the second accommodating cavity 121 can flow through the two remaining second accommodating cavities 121 sequentially by the diversion of the partition plate 21 and the through holes 211, and finally flows out of the kettle body 1 from the liquid outlet 14 and flows to the external component through the liquid pump 2. The liquid pump 2 can provide power for the flow of the cooling liquid in the second accommodating chamber 12, so as to ensure that the cooling liquid in the second accommodating chamber 12 can rapidly flow through the flow channel and flow out from the liquid outlet 14.

According to the utility model discloses an integrated device 100 for thermal management system, through all setting up heater 3 and liquid pump 2 on the kettle body 1, and the heating member is located the first chamber 11 that holds of the kettle body 1, and liquid pump 2 is located the liquid outlet 14 department that holds chamber 12 intercommunication with the second. This simplifies the structure of the integrated device 100, reduces the cost of the integrated device 100, reduces the weight of the integrated device 100, and reduces the space occupied by the integrated device 100 when the integrated device 100 is mounted because the integrated device 100 has a small size.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, be formed with the intercommunication mouth 111 that holds chamber 12 intercommunication with the second on the first inner wall that holds chamber 11, intercommunication mouth 111 is located the first upper portion that holds chamber 11, and inlet 13 is located the first lower part that holds chamber 11. Referring to fig. 8, the communication port 111 may be located at a side of the first accommodating chamber 11 adjacent to the second accommodating chamber 12, and the liquid inlet 13 may be located at a side of the first accommodating chamber 11 remote from the second accommodating chamber 12. Thereby, the length of the flow path of the coolant in the first accommodation chamber 11 can be increased, so that the contact time of the coolant with the heating core can be increased, and further, the coolant and the heating core can be sufficiently heat-exchanged.

Further, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the liquid inlet 13 and the liquid outlet 14 are located on the same side of the pot body 1 in the length direction, and the communication opening 111 is located on the other side of the first accommodating cavity 11 in the length direction of the pot body 1. Specifically, the liquid inlet 13 and the liquid outlet 14 may be respectively located at two sides of the kettle body 1 in the width direction, and the liquid inlet 13 and the communication port 111 may be located at the same side of the kettle body 1 in the width direction. So set up, can further increase the length of coolant liquid flow path in first holding chamber 11 for the coolant liquid can carry out more abundant heat exchange with the heating core body, in order to improve the heat exchange efficiency of heating member.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the heating core is plural, and in the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plural" is two or more. The plurality of heating cores include at least one first heating core 31 and at least one second heating core 32, the first heating core 31 and the second heating core 32 are spaced apart along the height direction of the kettle body 1 (for example, the up-down direction in fig. 4), and the first heating core 31 and the second heating core 32 define an S-shaped heat exchange flow passage together with the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity 11. For example, in the example of fig. 4, the number of heating cores may be four, four heating cores include two first heating cores 31 and two second heating cores 32, and the two first heating cores 31 and the two second heating cores 32 may be arranged in a staggered manner along the height direction of the kettle body 1. Wherein, the two first heating cores 31 are aligned along the height direction of the kettle body 1, and the two second heating cores 32 are aligned along the height direction of the kettle body 1, so that the heat exchange flow channel is S-shaped. When the cooling liquid flows to the first accommodating cavity 11 through the liquid inlet 13, the cooling liquid in the first accommodating cavity 11 can flow from the communication port 111 to the second accommodating cavity 12 from bottom to top through the heat exchange flow channel. The heat exchange flow channel is set to be S-shaped, so that the contact area and the contact time of the cooling liquid and the heating core body can be increased, the cooling liquid can be ensured to fully exchange heat with the heating core body, and the heat exchange efficiency of the heater 3 is further improved.

Four heating cores are shown in fig. 4 for illustrative purposes, but it is obvious to those skilled in the art after reading the technical solutions of the present application that the solution can be applied to two, three or more heating cores, which also falls into the protection scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, two opposite side walls of the first cavity 11 along the length direction of the can 1 are respectively a first side wall 112 and a second side wall 113, the first side wall 112 is provided with a first rib 15, the second side wall 113 is provided with a second rib 16, the first rib 15 and the second rib 16 both extend along the width direction of the can 1, one end of the first heating element 31 is abutted against the first rib 15, and the second heating element 32 is abutted against the second rib 16. Referring to fig. 4, 8 and 9, each of the first ribs 15 and the second ribs 16 is two, one of the two first ribs 15 abuts against one end of one of the two first heating cores 31, the other end of the first heating core 31 is spaced apart from the second side wall 113, one of the two second ribs 16 abuts against one end of one of the two second heating cores 32, the other end of the second heating core 32 is spaced apart from the first side wall 112, and the first heating core 31 and the second heating core 32 located on both sides in the width direction of the first receiving chamber 11 are spaced apart from the first side wall 112 and the second side wall 113. Therefore, the heat exchange flow channel is S-shaped, the cooling liquid can smoothly flow into the first accommodating cavity 11 and the second accommodating cavity 12, and the structural strength of the kettle body 1 can be improved by arranging the first rib 15 and the second rib 16.

In some alternative embodiments, the first accommodating cavity 11 has a mounting opening 114 penetrating through one side of the kettle body 1 in the width direction, and a plurality of heating cores are fitted in the first accommodating cavity 11 through the mounting opening 114. At least one third rib 17 is arranged on the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity 11 opposite to the mounting opening 114, the third rib 17 extends along the length direction of the kettle body 1, the third rib 17 is positioned between the first heating core body 31 and the second heating core body 32, and the third rib 17, the first heating core body 31, the second heating core body 32 and the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity 11 define a heat exchange flow channel together. For example, in the example of fig. 8 and 9, the third ribs 17 can be three, the three third ribs 17 being spaced apart from each other in the height direction of the kettle body 1. The third rib 17 can play a role in guiding flow so that the cooling liquid in the first accommodating cavity 11 can flow from the liquid inlet 13 to the communication port 111 along the S-shaped heat exchange channel, and the third rib 17 is arranged to further improve the structural strength of the kettle body 1.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments are equipped with liquid pump installation position and heater installation position on the kettle body 1, and liquid pump 2 is installed in liquid pump installation position department, and heater 3 is installed in heater installation position department. Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the liquid pump is mounted at the bottom of the pot body 1 adjacent to the liquid outlet 14, and the heater is mounted at the mounting port 114. The liquid pump 2 and the heater 3 may be secured to the kettle body 1 by threaded fasteners such as screws. Therefore, the integrated device 100 has a compact structure, the arrangement of the components on the integrated device 100 is regular, and the assembly efficiency of the integrated device 100 can be improved.

Alternatively, the heater 3 is a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient thermistor) heater. The PTC heater has the advantages of small volume, stable and reliable performance, strong impact resistance, long service life and the like.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-9, the pot body 1 comprises a housing 18 and a cover 19, the housing 18 has a first accommodating chamber 11 and a second accommodating chamber 12 therein, the top of the housing 18 is open, the cover 19 is disposed on the top of the housing 18, and a filling opening 191 is formed on the cover 19. For example, the filling opening 191 may be formed at the middle of the cap body 19, and the filling cap 20 may be screwed at the filling opening 191 to close the filling opening 191. The shell 18 and the cover 19 can be connected into the kettle body 1 by welding. When the amount of the cooling liquid in the integrated device 100 is insufficient, the liquid adding cover 20 can be unscrewed, and a proper amount of cooling liquid is added into the kettle body 1 through the liquid adding port 191, so as to ensure that the integrated device 100 has sufficient cooling liquid therein.

A thermal management system (not shown) according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention comprises an integrated device 100 for a thermal management system according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.

According to the utility model discloses thermal management system through adopting above-mentioned integrated device 100, can improve thermal management system's heat exchange efficiency, reduces thermal management system's cost.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a vehicle (not shown) comprises a thermal management system according to the second aspect of the present invention.

According to the utility model discloses the vehicle through adopting above-mentioned thermal management system, can reduce whole car cost, alleviate whole car weight, saves whole car space to can reduce whole car energy consumption, improve the duration of a journey ability of whole car.

Other configurations and operations of vehicles according to embodiments of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (12)

1. An integrated device for a thermal management system, comprising:

the kettle comprises a kettle body, a first accommodating cavity and a second accommodating cavity, wherein the first accommodating cavity and the second accommodating cavity are communicated with each other;

the liquid pump is arranged on the kettle body and is positioned at the liquid outlet;

the heater is arranged on the kettle body and comprises a heating core body, and the heating core body is positioned in the first accommodating cavity.

2. The integrated device for a thermal management system according to claim 1, wherein a communication port communicating with the second accommodating chamber is formed on an inner wall of the first accommodating chamber, the communication port is located at an upper portion of the first accommodating chamber, and the liquid inlet is located at a lower portion of the first accommodating chamber.

3. The integrated device for a thermal management system according to claim 2, wherein the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet are located on the same side of the pot body in the length direction, and the communication port is located on the other side of the first accommodating cavity in the length direction of the pot body.

4. The integrated device for a thermal management system according to claim 3, wherein the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet are respectively located at two sides of the kettle body in the width direction.

5. The integrated device for a thermal management system according to claim 1, wherein the heating cores are plural, the plural heating cores comprise at least one first heating core and at least one second heating core, the first heating core and the second heating core are spaced apart along the height direction of the kettle body, and the first heating core and the second heating core and the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity jointly define an S-shaped heat exchange flow passage.

6. The integrated device for a thermal management system according to claim 5, wherein two side walls of the first accommodating cavity opposite to each other along the length direction of the kettle body are a first side wall and a second side wall, respectively, a first rib is arranged on the first side wall, a second rib is arranged on the second side wall, the first rib and the second rib both extend along the width direction of the kettle body, one end of the first heating core abuts against the first rib, and the second heating core abuts against the second rib.

7. The integrated device for a thermal management system according to claim 5, wherein the first housing cavity has a mounting opening penetrating one side in the width direction of the kettle body, and a plurality of the heating cores are fitted in the first housing cavity through the mounting opening;

the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity, which is opposite to the mounting opening, is provided with at least one third rib, the third rib extends along the length direction of the kettle body, the third rib is positioned between the first heating core body and the second heating core body, and the heat exchange flow channel is defined by the third rib, the first heating core body, the second heating core body and the inner wall of the first accommodating cavity together.

8. The integrated device for a thermal management system according to claim 1, wherein the kettle body is provided with a liquid pump mounting location and a heater mounting location, the liquid pump is mounted at the liquid pump mounting location, and the heater is mounted at the heater mounting location.

9. The integrated device for a thermal management system of claim 1, wherein the heater is a PTC heater.

10. An integrated device for a thermal management system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said kettle body comprises:

a housing having the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber therein, the housing having a top opened;

the cover body is arranged at the top of the shell, and a liquid filling opening is formed in the cover body.

11. A thermal management system comprising an integrated device for a thermal management system according to any of claims 1-10.

12. A vehicle comprising a thermal management system according to claim 11.

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