7614results about "Propulsion cooling" patented technology

A vehicle includes a chassis including a frame rail extending longitudinally, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a battery configured to supply electrical energy to the electric motor, a heat exchanger, a cable electrically coupling the electric motor and the battery, and a conduit fluidly coupling the battery and the heat exchanger. The cable and the conduit extend laterally from the battery to the frame rail, and the cable and the conduit extend longitudinally along the frame rail.

The invention relates to the technical field of new energy automobile thermal management, in particular to a direct cooling and heating management system and method in an automobile power battery. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring vehicle real-time operation condition data and battery pack state monitoring data; working condition mode recognition processing is conducted according to the vehicle real-time operation working condition data, and vehicle working condition mode feature data are generated; performing thermal load demand analysis on the battery pack state monitoring data based on the vehicle working condition mode characteristic data to obtain dynamic thermal load demand data of the battery pack; and according to the dynamic thermal load demand data of the battery pack, refrigerant demand quantity calculation and analysis are carried out, the refrigerant supply capacity of the current direct cooling system is evaluated, and refrigerant supply and demand matching feature data are obtained. The specific requirements of three heat sources of the battery, the motor and the cockpit for the refrigerant flow are quantified, and a refrigerant distribution strategy is formed according to the proportional relation, so that the safety of the battery is improved, and the driving comfort and the working stability of the electric driving system are also guaranteed.

The disclosure relates to an air guide control system with a flap arrangement including flaps which can be rotatably inserted into a joining partner. An actuator drives a damper and a coupling rod transmits the torque of this driven damper to the remaining dampers of the damper arrangement. In the event of a flap fracture of at least one flap, a spring, locks the flap arrangement against further movement, so that error information is reported to the actuator via the coupling rod.

One example provides a chassis for an electric snowmobile including a battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery pack housing defining an enclosure for housing a number of battery modules for powering an electric motor of the electric snowmobile, the battery pack housing having a length extending in a longitudinal direction of the snowmobile, the battery pack housing including a bottom surface. A pair of opposing side panels extends downwardly from and along at least a portion of the length of the battery pack housing, the opposing panels and at least portions of the bottom surface of the battery pack housing together forming a rear structure extending in the longitudinal direction of the electric snowmobile.

The present disclosure relates to an air flap apparatus for a vehicle, which is improved to prevent an air flap from being rotated by a traveling wind generated when the vehicle travels at a high speed. The air flap apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame disposed behind a grill of a vehicle, an air flap that opens or closes an air inlet formed in the frame, a power transmission unit that is connected to the air flap and rotates the air flap, and a driving unit that is disposed outside the frame and generates power, wherein the power transmission unit includes a link that is connected to the air flap and rotates the air flap, and a loader that is connected to the driving unit, is rotated by the power generate by the driving unit, and stops movement of the link when the air flap closes the air inlet.

A fin arrangement of a cooling air opening with a number of fins. The fins are arranged in a rotatably mounted manner adjacent to the cooling air opening. A drive is directly coupled to a first fin of the fins for directly driving the first fin. The first fin is coupled to at least one second fin of the fins or to a plurality of second fins of the fins for indirectly driving the second fins. A reduction gear or a first coupling mechanism is arranged and connected between the drive and the first fin and / or that a second coupling mechanism is connected between the first directly driven fin and at least one second indirectly driven fin and / or that a third coupling mechanism is connected between at least one second indirectly driven fin and at least one further second indirectly driven fin.

A refuse vehicle includes a cab, a refuse compartment, a chassis, a high voltage power distribution unit (HVPDU) including a battery, a plurality of cables and a manual service disconnect. The manual service disconnect is accessed via a through hole of a wheel well of the refuse vehicle. The refuse vehicle further includes a platform removably coupled to the chassis and the HVPDU and configured to enclose the high voltage power distribution unit.

Disclosed herein is an active air flap for vehicles, which includes a frame unit having a hollow structure configured to communicate with an outside air inlet of a radiator grill, a flap part connected to the frame unit, and including a flap unit configured to open and close the outside air inlet and a fixing protrusion protruding from both ends of the flap unit, a drive unit configured to provide a driving force to the flap part, a link unit disposed between the flap part and the drive unit to transmit the driving force of the drive unit to the flap part, and a fixing unit configured to restrain the movement of the flap unit closing the outside air inlet on an opening / closing path of the flap unit to prevent the flap part from being pushed or twisted by an external force, wherein the frame unit includes a first guide groove having a straight section and a curved section configured as a single path to guide the opening / closing path of the flap unit, and a second guide groove having a stepped portion spaced from the first guide groove to guide a straight path of the flap unit.

The invention relates to an integrated oil cooling hub speed reduction electric wheel which comprises a motor, a planetary gear speed reducer and a bearing system which are arranged in the axial direction, and the planetary gear speed reducer is arranged in the motor and integrated with a brake. The bearing system comprises a rotor supporting bearing used for supporting a motor rotating system and a hub bearing used for supporting a wheel rotating system, the motor, the planetary gear reducer and the rotor supporting bearing are designed in an integrated oil cooling mode, and cavities where the motor, the planetary gear reducer and the rotor supporting bearing are located are communicated with one another. Cooling liquid cools and lubricates the motor, the planetary gear reducer and the rotor supporting bearing at the same time. Compared with the prior art, the electric wheel is compact in structure, the number of sealing pieces of the electric wheel can be reduced on the premise that the electric wheel has good structural rigidity, the axial size of an electric wheel assembly is reduced, and the electric wheel has the advantages of being good in cooling effect and easy to maintain.

An air guidance control unit having a frame, which surrounds at least one air opening for air flowing along an air flow direction to flow through, a closing device including adjustable flaps, which closing device can be adjusted by means of an adjusting element between an open position in which the air opening is exposed and a closed position in which the air opening is at least partly closed. The invention devises various solutions for especially compact and reliable flap arrangements.

A thermal management system includes a compressor, a water-cooled condenser, a battery chiller, a valve body assembly, a first water pump, a second water pump, and a third water pump that are disposed in a centralized manner. The thermal management system can separately form a passenger compartment cooling loop, a passenger compartment heating loop, a battery cooling loop, a battery heating loop, and an electrical driver cooling loop, and any one or more of the passenger compartment, the battery, and the electrical driver can be cooled or heated.

Disclosed herein is an active air flap for vehicles, which includes a flap part configured to open and close an outside air inlet of a grill located at a front of a vehicle through a plurality of paths, a drive unit configured to provide a driving force to the flap part, and a link unit configured to transmit the driving force of the drive unit to the flap part, wherein the link unit includes a loader shaft configured to rotate in conjunction with an actuator shaft of the drive unit, a link bar having one end connected to both ends of the loader shaft in a longitudinal direction, and the other end located at both ends of the flap part, and a link panel configured to connect the other end of the link bar and both ends of the flap part.

An active air flap system mounted in a predetermined portion of a vehicle, includes: a housing, a flap mounted on the housing to be relatively movable, an actuator coupled to the at least one flap and configured to drive the at least one flap, and a power transfer mechanism engaging the actuator and the flip and configured to transfer power from the actuator to the at least one flap so that the at least one flap performs a dual operation of a sliding movement operation and a rotation operation of rotating around a predetermined rotation axis, preventing the occurrence of design heterogeneity and the air resistance caused by forming the space between the at least one flap and the radiator grill, and improving shielding properties.

A fairing assembly 10 installed about a heat exchanger, such as a radiator R, to reduce the drag on the vehicle, comprising: a frame installed about the heat exchanger, the frame having a curved contour; a panel mounted in the frame, the panel and fairing assembly defining an air passage for air flow to the heat exchanger; a cover installed in the frame and movable to control air flow through the passage to the heat exchanger; and, moving means for moving the cover over the frame to expose a portion of the opening and allow air to flow into the heat exchanger, the frame and cover thereby reducing the amount of drag on the vehicle while still allowing air flow into the heat exchanger; wherein the panel comprises a first overlapping part and a second overlapping part; and wherein the first overlapping part is moveable from an extended position to a retracted position when the fairing is impacted.

The utility model discloses a heat management integrated module mounting structure which comprises an agent side runner plate and a water side runner plate, a plurality of refrigerant channels are formed in the agent side runner plate, the outer surface of the agent side runner plate comprises a first mounting surface and a first connecting surface which are opposite in direction, the first mounting surface is provided with a plurality of agent side runner connectors, and the agent side runner connectors are connected with the first connecting surface. The plurality of refrigerant side runner interfaces are communicated with the plurality of refrigerant channels; a plurality of cooling liquid channels are formed in the water side flow channel plate, the outer surface of the water side flow channel plate comprises a second mounting surface and a second connecting surface which are opposite in direction, the second mounting surface is provided with a plurality of first water side flow channel connectors, and the first water side flow channel connectors communicate with the cooling liquid channels; and the second connecting surface is opposite to the first connecting surface and is fixedly connected with the first connecting surface. The utility model further discloses a vehicle with the same. The space utilization rate of the heat management system can be optimized, the flow resistance and heat loss of the system can be reduced, and the assembly convenience of the heat management component and the heat management object can be effectively improved.

An active air flap of a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a frame part which communicates with an outside air inlet of a grill, a flap part including a plurality of flap units which are rotatably connected to the frame part and sequentially open or close the outside air inlet of the grill, a rotary shaft which connects the plurality of flap units to the frame part, and a driven pinion gear connected to the rotary shaft, a driving part which transmits a driving force to the flap part, and a control unit which controls the driving part to be driven.

An electric work vehicle includes a body having a frame structure including a front part and a rear part, the front part providing for a power section, the rear part providing for a drive section; a battery in the power section; an electric motor for traveling configured to receive electric power from the battery; and a cooling fan. The electric motor for traveling is in an air flow space formed in the power section, and the cooling fan is adjacent to an air outlet formed in a front end region of the air flow space.

A refrigeration cycle device includes: a compressor; a heat radiating unit that causes refrigerant to heat air supplied to a space inside a vehicle cabin; a decompression unit that decompresses the refrigerant; an outside air heat absorbing unit that causes the refrigerant to absorb heat from outside air; a waste heat absorbing unit that causes the refrigerant to absorb waste heat of a waste heat device; a shutter that opens and closes a passage for the outside air introduced into the outside air heat absorbing unit; and a control unit that closes the shutter when it is determined that an amount of waste heat of the waste heat device is larger than an amount of heat absorbed by the refrigerant in the outside air heat absorbing unit and the waste heat absorbing unit.

An electric wheel controller and methods for operating and manufacturing an electric wheel controller are disclosed. Embodiments include a controller forming a structural and / or load bearing component of the vehicle suspension system. Embodiments of the controller can be mounted to a wheel assembly, and in some embodiments the controller is a suspension knuckle. Embodiments include a controller with a cavity and electronic circuitry submerged in liquid coolant. During operation the coolant can absorb heat from the immersed circuitry. In some embodiments the coolant transitions to a gas and / or vapor, and can move to an upper portion of the cavity. When the coolant contacts the cooler surfaces of the cavity the coolant can transition back to a liquid and return to a pool of liquid coolant in which the circuitry is immersed. A heat sink can be connected to the controller, such as by laser soldering.

The embodiment of the present application is to provide a uniform temperature cooling water circuit architecture and vehicle for an electric drive system and a battery system, aiming to solve the problem of high energy consumption when maintaining the temperature of the electric drive system and the battery system. The water circuit architecture includes: an electric drive system circuit, a battery system circuit, an engine system circuit and a cooling water circuit; wherein, the electric drive system circuit is connected to both ends of the battery system circuit; the battery system circuit includes a heater, and the engine system circuit is connected to both ends of the heater, so that the heat of the engine system circuit is transferred to the heater, and the heater is used to provide heat for the battery system circuit; wherein a shut-off valve is provided between the heater and the engine system circuit; the cooling water circuit and the engine system circuit are connected in parallel, so that the cooling water circuit cools the engine system circuit. By mutual heating, uniform temperature or cooling between the electric drive system circuit, the battery system circuit, the engine system circuit and the cooling water circuit, the heat inside the vehicle is effectively utilized and energy consumption is reduced.

The invention discloses a battery cooling system and a control method thereof, a storage medium, a vehicle and a charging pile, the system comprises a battery loop, a charging pile cooling loop, a first heat exchanger, a first connecting assembly and a second connecting assembly, the first connecting assembly is connected with the first heat exchanger, and the second connecting assembly is connected with the charging pile cooling loop. And the second connecting assembly is connected with the first connecting assembly, so that the battery loop and the charging pile cooling loop exchange heat through the first heat exchanger. According to the system, when the first connecting assembly and the second connecting assembly are connected, heat exchange between the pile end and the vehicle end is achieved through the first heat exchanger, and the situation that the cooling liquid at the vehicle end is polluted due to mixing of the cooling liquid is avoided.

An electric work vehicle includes a body, a travel device in the body, a motor to drive the travel device, an inverter to supply power to the motor, an electric component, a DC / DC converter to convert a voltage of power to be supplied to the electric component, a radiator to cool coolant, and a cooling path through which the coolant cooled by the radiator circulates through the motor, the inverter, and the DC / DC converter and returns to the radiator. The cooling path extends from the radiator, passes through the inverter, the motor, and the DC / DC converter in this order, and returns to the radiator.

In one aspect, an in-wheel drive assembly is provided that includes a stator configured to form a non-rotatable connection with a spindle of a vehicle and be positioned outboard of the spindle. The in-wheel drive assembly includes a stator retainer configured to extend in an interior of the spindle and inhibit movement of the stator in an outboard direction relative to the spindle. The in-wheel drive assembly further includes a rotor rotatably supported by the stator, an output housing to be connected to a wheel hub, and a planetary gear assembly operatively connecting the rotor and the output housing. The planetary gear assembly is configured to cause rotation of the output housing and wheel hub connected thereto in response to rotation of the rotor.

Embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatuses and methods for cooling an electric wheel controller are disclosed. Embodiments include an integrated circuit that controls the rotation of a wheel immersed in liquid coolant. During operation the temperature of the integrated circuit increases and the liquid coolant absorbs heat form the integrated circuit. The heated liquid coolant can then transfer heat to a housing that houses the integrated circuit and liquid coolant. In some embodiments the liquid coolant reaches temperatures that result in the liquid coolant transitioning to a gas and / or vapor. The gas and / or vapor coolant can move to portions of the housing with no liquid and transfer heat to the housing. The gas and / or vapor coolant can cool to a liquid state and move back to the pool of liquid coolant. In some embodiments a heat sink with optional fins can be soldered to the integrated circuit.

A radiator shutter for a motor vehicle for controlled engine ventilation, having a frame in which at least two louvres are mounted rotatably to pivot from a closed position to an open position. A motor which drives a single louvre is provided in or on the frame on an engine side of the frame. On the same side is a coupling element which synchronously transmits the rotation of the louvre to the other louvres. A locking disc is provided for each louvre on the mounting side of the frame facing away from the engine side of the frame, in the region of the mounting provided there for the louvres. The locking discs have a form which, if at least one of the locking discs does not rotate synchronously with all the other locking discs, blocks the rotational movement of the locking discs in a force-fitting and form-fitting manner.

A heat pump arrangement and a method of operating a heat pump arrangement. The heat pump arrangement has a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit, wherein the coolant circuit is configured for indirect battery heating. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a heating condenser, a 3 / 2-way expansion valve, an external heat exchanger, at least one evaporator with an associated expansion element as well as a 3 / 2-way expansion valve arranged in parallel to the evaporator, and a battery chiller. The coolant circuit includes a coolant cooler and a battery heat exchanger with an associated coolant pump and at least one drive train cooler with an associated coolant pump arranged in parallel to the battery heat exchanger.

The invention relates to a cooling system, a battery pack and a vehicle, the cooling system comprises a liquid cooling plate and a refrigerant release assembly, the interior of the liquid cooling plate is provided with a flow channel for allowing a refrigerant to flow, the liquid cooling plate is used for cooling a battery cell, the refrigerant release assembly is arranged between the liquid cooling plate and the battery cell, and the refrigerant release assembly is at least partially made of a thermal actuating material; and the refrigerant release assembly can release the refrigerant in the runner when the temperature of the battery cell reaches a preset temperature threshold value. When the battery pack works normally, the refrigerant in the flow channel can exchange heat with the battery cells and take away heat generated by the battery cell group, so that the effective cooling of the battery is realized; when the temperature of the battery pack rises or thermal runaway occurs, the refrigerant release assembly made of the thermal actuating material deforms or changes the state under the influence of the temperature, so that the refrigerant in the flow channel of the liquid cooling plate is released, and the refrigerant in the flow channel can be directly released to directly flow to the battery cell and is in direct contact with the battery cell; and efficient heat dissipation of the battery pack is realized.

The invention relates to the technical field of electric vehicle thermal management, discloses an electric vehicle motor and driver integrated intelligent cooling system and a control method, and aims at solving the problems that an existing motor driver thermal management system is low in cooling efficiency, high in energy consumption, complex and insufficient in space utilization rate. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring operation, thermal state and environment data; constructing a collaborative thermal model and predicting a thermal load; generating an optimal cooling strategy based on the predicted value and the target; the cooling liquid pump, the three-way valve and the cooling fan are adjusted, and cooling resources are dynamically distributed to achieve collaborative cooling. The system comprises a data acquisition module, a collaborative thermal model construction prediction module, an intelligent decision control module and an integrated cooling circulation execution module. By the adoption of the technical scheme, the cooling performance can be effectively improved, system energy consumption and complexity are reduced, space layout is optimized, the service life of parts is prolonged, and the reliability, the power performance and the endurance of the whole vehicle are improved.