10166results 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.

A thermal management system, comprising: a primary coolant circulation system for cooling a first coolant by circulating the first coolant which is heat-exchanged with cooling water through a first water-cooled condenser; a secondary coolant circulation system for cooling a battery chiller by using a second coolant which is heat-exchanged with the first coolant of the primary coolant circulation system; and a second cooling line for cooling a battery by circulating cooling water which is heat-exchanged through the battery chiller, wherein the number of revolutions of the first condenser of the primary coolant circulation system is less than the number of revolutions of the second condenser of the secondary coolant circulation system, or the first coolant and the second coolant are heat-exchanged via the cooling water, such that the battery can be cooled efficiently during rapid charging.

The invention discloses an ATS cooling system control method based on whole vehicle VCU control, and aims to achieve intelligent scheduling of a cooling system by optimizing cooperative control of an engine, a battery and a transmission so as to meet the requirements of modern vehicles on the aspects of high efficiency, high reliability and low energy consumption, and achieve intelligent scheduling of the cooling system according to the temperature control requirement difference of different parts. A multi-objective optimization scheduling strategy is provided, the flow of cooling liquid, the rotating speed of a fan and the pump speed can be adjusted in real time, and the working temperature of an engine, a battery and a transmission is accurately controlled. Through a self-adaptive control algorithm and a real-time feedback mechanism, the cooling system can be dynamically adjusted according to the real-time working condition of the vehicle and the environment change, the response speed of the system is increased, the energy consumption is reduced, and overcooling is avoided. And a fault early warning and predictive maintenance method is adopted, so that the reliability and the safety of the system are effectively improved. By optimizing cooperative work of the cooling system, the energy efficiency of the vehicle can be improved, the service life of parts is prolonged, and energy loss is reduced.

A thermal management system adaptive to super fast charging and a vehicle. The thermal management system comprises a refrigerant circulation, a motor coolant circulation and a battery coolant circulation. The refrigerant circulation comprises a compressor (1), an outside heat exchanger (4), a motor heat exchanger (10), and a battery heat exchanger (12). When a power battery is fast charged, a gaseous refrigerant flows out from an outlet of the compressor (1), passes through the outside heat exchanger (4) for heat dissipation, and then passes through the motor heat exchanger (10) for heat dissipation, to dissipate heat to the motor coolant circulation; and when passing through the battery heat exchanger (12), the refrigerant absorbs the heat of the battery coolant circulation, so as to cool the power battery. Therefore, by optimizing existing thermal management system architectures, the refrigerant circulation is associated with the coolant circulation, and radiators in the circulations are fully utilized, so that the heat dissipation efficiency is effectively improved when the power battery is fast charged.

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 vehicle thermal management system includes a compressor, a first internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger, a second internal heat exchanger, and an integrated module. The first internal heat exchanger communicates with the air outlet of the compressor. The external heat exchanger communicates with the first internal heat exchanger through a first pipeline, with the air inlet of the compressor through a second pipeline, and with the first internal heat exchanger through a third pipeline that is connected to a second throttle element. The second internal heat exchanger communicates with the external heat exchanger through a fourth pipeline that is connected to a first throttle element, and with the air inlet. The integrated module includes a part of the first pipeline, a part of the second pipeline, a part of the third pipeline, and a part of the fourth pipeline.

A heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller, wherein the second line is selectively fluidically-connectable to the first line connected to the radiator through the second valve; a condenser included in the centralized energy device is selectively fluidically-connectable to the first line or the second line through a third valve to condense the refrigerant supplied through the refrigerant line through heat-exchange with a coolant provided in a sixth line through which a coolant flows; and a first end portion of the third line is selectively fluidically-connectable to the sixth line through a fourth valve provided in the sixth line.

A heat pump system for a vehicle cools or heats the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjusts the temperature of a battery module by using a single chiller that exchanges heat between refrigerant and coolant.

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 coolant system for an electric vehicle for circulating a liquid coolant, comprising a plurality of components through which the coolant can flow. The components can be connected to one another, at least in at least one subset, in a coolant-conducting manner via valves and via coolant lines. Only a single multi-way valve and a single non-return valve are arranged in such a way that one of the components and another of the components can be fluidically connected to one another only via a further component, designed as a coolant pump, and via a predetermined switching state of the multi-way valve to permit a flow through the multi-way valve and the non-return valve independently of the rest of the components. A thermal management system is also provided.

A cooling module includes a manifold to which a valve configured to control flow of a fluid is attached and in which a fluid flow path configured to allow the fluid to flow therethrough is formed. The manifold includes a foreign matter reservoir having a flow path cross-sectional area larger than a flow path cross-sectional area of the fluid flow path and storing a foreign matter flowing through the fluid flow path. The foreign matter reservoir is connected to at least one of an inflow port configured to allow the fluid to flow therethrough into the valve and an outflow port configured to allow the fluid to flow therethrough out of the valve.

A modular electrical Energy Storage System structure for powering an electric motor in a vehicle. The modular ESS structure includes two or more electrical energy storage modules, the modular ESS structure extending in a longitudinal direction, in a transverse direction and in a vertical direction, the longitudinal direction coinciding with a driving direction of the vehicle, the two or more electrical energy storage modules being arranged side-by-side in the transverse direction, in the longitudinal direction and / or in the vertical direction and being connected to each other structurally and electrically. The modular ESS structure comprises a first mounting interface comprising one or more first connecting members configured for mounting to a vehicle structure.

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.

A kinematic linkage assembly for an active grille shutter system having a frame connectable to a vehicle and forming an aperture. A kinematic linkage assembly with a plurality of vanes each moveable between an open position, an intermediate position, and a closed position. The rotation force from an actuator is transmitted across the first vane of the plurality of vanes to the first link at the first connection.

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.

An electric work vehicle includes a chassis, a battery housing to house a plurality of battery modules, a liquid cooling system, at least one electric motor, and at least one inverter. The liquid cooling system includes a pump, a radiator, and a fan. The battery housing is supported by the chassis. The at least one inverter is electrically connected to the plurality of battery modules and the at least one electric motor. The pump is attached to a back surface of the battery housing. The radiator and the fan are attached on a front surface of the battery housing. The at least one inverter is attached to a side surface of the battery housing that faces a width direction. The at least one inverter and the at least one electric motor are mounted between the fan and the pump in a front-rear direction.

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.

The embodiment of the invention provides a thermal management integration module and an automobile, and relates to the field of automobile manufacturing. The heat management integrated module comprises an integrated water tank, a battery water pump, a warm air water pump and a heat exchanger. Wherein the integrated water tank comprises a tank cover, a battery auxiliary water tank and a motor auxiliary water tank, the tank cover covers one of the battery auxiliary water tank and the motor auxiliary water tank, the battery auxiliary water tank is communicated with the motor auxiliary water tank, and the battery auxiliary water tank, the battery water pump, the heat exchanger and the warm air water pump are sequentially communicated. In the working process, the battery auxiliary water tank and the motor auxiliary water tank which are communicated are integrated in the integrated water tank, water adding can be conducted only by opening the tank cover so that water can be supplied to other parts, the battery water pump and the warm air water pump are used for pumping water, and the heat exchanger is used for conducting heat exchange operation on the pumped water. The thermal management integrated module can integrate parts related to thermal management, so that the number of the parts is reduced, the assembly process is simplified, the assembly reduction difficulty is reduced, and the assembly efficiency is improved.

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.

A vehicle body front structure includes a cradle, a front side frames in a pair, a radiator support, a control plate, and a beam member. The cradle is disposed below a power unit room disposed in a front portion of a vehicle body. The front side frames extend on a side portion of the power unit room. The radiator support is provided in front of the power unit room and joins a front end of each front side frame to a radiator side frame. The control plate is joined to an outer surface of the front end of each front side frame and the radiator side frame. The beam member is disposed in a vehicle body front space and includes an arc portion having a center portion, and a winding portion joined to the control plate and provided at each of both ends of the arc portion.

Provided is an automotive surge tank. The surge tank comprises a tank body defining an interior volume, the tank body including a first tank portion and a second tank portion, the surge tank also having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet provided on the tank body. The interior volume of the tank body is subdivided into an inlet chamber, and outlet chamber, and at least one intermediate chamber, the surge tank being configured to direct an inflow of coolant into the inlet chamber at a level that is below the minimum operable fluid level of the surge tank.

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.