Fluid control assembly and fluid control device
The fluid control assembly with interval-arranged hole passages on the sealing member addresses sealing performance issues by ensuring consistent contact, improving sealing efficiency in thermal management systems.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2024513268
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2021-08-30
- Filing Date
- 2022-08-30
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-15
- Estimated Expiration
- 2042-08-30
AI Technical Summary
Existing fluid control assemblies face challenges in improving sealing performance, particularly in thermal management systems where fluid control is crucial.
A fluid control assembly design featuring a connecting body, valve body, and sealing member with orthogonal projections of hole passages arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member, allowing for increased wall distance between passages at the same height, enhancing sealing performance.
The design facilitates improved sealing by ensuring consistent contact of the valve body with the sealing member throughout its stroke range, thereby enhancing the sealing performance of the fluid control assembly.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] This application claims priority to a Chinese patent application filed with the China Patent Office on August 30, 2021, bearing application number 202111005738.3 and entitled "Fluid Control Assembly and Fluid Control Device," the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
[0002] FIELD OF THE INVENTION This application relates to the field of fluid control, and more particularly to fluid control assemblies and devices. [Background technology]
[0003] The thermal management system requires a fluid control assembly for realizing fluid control of a plurality of flow passages. The fluid control assembly includes a connecting body, a valve body, and a sealing member. The sealing member has a hole communicating with a communication hole located in the connecting body, and the sealing member is located between the connecting body and the valve body. In order to facilitate improving the sealing performance of the fluid control assembly, how to design the fluid control assembly is an issue that needs to be resolved as soon as possible. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] The present application aims to provide a fluid control assembly and a fluid control device that are advantageous in improving the sealing performance of the fluid control assembly. [Means for solving the problem]
[0005] In one aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a fluid control assembly having a storage chamber and a communication port, the assembly including a connecting body, a valve body, and a sealing member, the connecting body including a side wall portion forming at least a part of a peripheral wall of the storage chamber, the communication port being located on the side wall portion, at least a part of the valve body being located in the storage chamber, at least a part of the sealing member being located between the side wall portion and the valve body along a radial direction of the storage chamber, the sealing member including a hole passage corresponding to and communicating with the communication port, further, orthogonal projections of all the hole passages of the sealing member are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body along the axial direction of the sealing member, and the hole passages include a first hole passage and a second hole passage arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member.
[0006] In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a fluid control device, comprising a fluid management assembly and at least one of the fluid control assemblies of any of the above embodiments, wherein the fluid control assembly has a flow path, and a port of the fluid management assembly is in communication with the flow path.
[0007] The fluid control assembly and fluid control device provided in the embodiments of the present application include a connecting body, a valve body, and a sealing member, at least a portion of the sealing member being interposed between a side wall of the connecting body and the valve body, the sealing member including a passage corresponding to and communicating with the communication port of the fluid control assembly, allowing fluid to flow from the passage to the communication port, the orthogonal projections of the passages of the sealing member being arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body along the axial direction of the sealing member, the passages including first and second passages arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member, the first and second passages being respectively located at different heights of the sealing member. Compared to arranging all the passages at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body and all the passages being at the same height of the sealing member, the sealing member of the flow control device provided in the embodiments of the present application can easily increase the wall distance between two passages located at the same height, thereby facilitating the improvement of the sealing performance of the fluid control assembly. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is an exploded schematic view of a fluid control assembly provided by an embodiment of the present application; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional configuration of the fluid control assembly shown in FIG. 1. [Figure 3] 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a connector provided in an embodiment of the present application; [Figure 4] FIG. 3 is a front view of the fluid control assembly shown in FIG. 2; [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the direction AA in FIG. [Figure 6] 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the connector shown in FIG. 3 at one position. FIG. [Figure 7] 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the direction BB in FIG. 4. FIG. [Figure 8] 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the connector shown in FIG. 3 at another position. FIG. [Figure 9] 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of a sealing member provided in an embodiment of the present application. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a schematic front view of the sealing member shown in FIG. 9. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the configuration along the CC direction in FIG. [Figure 12] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the configuration along the DD direction in FIG. [Figure 13] 11 is an orthographic projection of each hole passage of the sealing member in FIG. 10 along the axial direction of the sealing member. [Figure 14] 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a valve body provided in an embodiment of the present application; [Figure 15] FIG. 15 is a schematic front view of the valve body shown in FIG. [Figure 16] FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of the configuration taken along the EE direction in FIG. [Figure 17] FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of the configuration along the FF direction in FIG. [Figure 18] 15 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the valve body shown in FIG. 14 at one position. FIG. [Figure 19]3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a method of connecting each communication port in the first operating position of the fluid control assembly shown in FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 20] 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a method of connecting each communication port in the second operating position of the fluid control assembly shown in FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 21] 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a method for connecting each communication port in the third operating position of the fluid control assembly shown in FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 22] 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a method for connecting each communication port in the fourth operating position of the fluid control assembly shown in FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 23] 1 is a schematic diagram of a fluid control device according to an embodiment of the present application; [Figure 24] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a fluid control device according to another embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0009] The features and exemplary embodiments of each aspect of the present application will be described in detail below, and in order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be further described below in combination with drawings and specific examples. In this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used merely to distinguish one from another element having the same name, and do not necessarily require or imply the existence of any such actual relation or order between these elements.
[0010] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present application provide a fluid control assembly that can be used in a vehicle thermal management system, specifically a coolant circulation system, and that can perform the functions of conducting and switching fluid passages in the thermal management system.
[0011] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 13, the fluid control assembly 1 includes a connecting body 10, a valve body 20, and a sealing member 30. The fluid control assembly 1 has a storage chamber 101 and a communication port 102. The communication port 102 is adjacent to the storage chamber 101 and communicates with the storage chamber 101. The connecting body 10 includes a side wall portion 11 that forms at least a part of the peripheral wall of the storage chamber 101. The communication port 102 is located on the side wall portion 11. The connecting body 10 can further include a top wall portion and a bottom cover 12. The side wall portion 11, the top wall portion, and the bottom cover 12 surround the storage chamber 101. At least a portion of the side wall 11 is located between the top wall 11 and the bottom cover 12, one of the top wall 11 and the bottom cover 12 can be integrally injection molded with the side wall 11 to form a one-piece structure, and the other is sealingly connected to the side wall 11, at least a portion of the valve element 20 is located in the accommodating chamber 101 and the valve element 20 can be rotated, and at least a portion of the sealing member 30 is located between the side wall 11 and the valve element 20 along the radial direction of the side wall 11 and is used to achieve sealing of the fluid control assembly 1. Optionally, the fluid control assembly 1 further includes a drive assembly 50 including a drive member, which can include a motor or a combination of a motor and a group of transmission gears, and the drive member and the valve element 20 are communicatively connected so that the drive member rotates the valve element 20.
[0012] The sealing member 30 includes holes 31 that correspond to the communication ports 102 and communicate with each other. Alternatively, the sealing member 30 may include holes 31 that are equal in number to the communication ports 102 and communicate with each other in a one-to-one correspondence. As shown in Figures 9 to 13, the orthogonal projections of the holes 31 of the sealing member 30 are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member 30 in the circumferential direction of the valve body 20. The holes include first holes 32 and second holes 33 that are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member 30. In this case, the first holes 32 and second holes 33 that are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body 20 are located at different heights of the sealing member 30. Compared to arranging all the holes at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body and providing all the holes at the same height of the sealing member, the sealing member 30 of the flow control device provided in the embodiments of the present application facilitates increasing the wall distance between two holes 31 located at the same height, making it easier for the sealing member 30 to be pressed against the wall when the valve body 20 is rotated, thus facilitating improvement of the sealing performance of the fluid control assembly.
[0013] The first sealing member 30 includes a first fitting portion 34 to prevent rotation of the first sealing member 30, and as shown in FIG. 11, the connecting body 10 includes a position limiting portion 14, and as shown in FIG. 6, the first fitting portion 34 and the position limiting portion 14 are connected to limit the position, for example, the first fitting portion 34 may be one of a hole structure and a protrusion structure, and the position limiting portion 14 may be the other of a hole structure and a protrusion structure, and the protrusion structure fits into the hole structure to limit the position. The first sealing member 30 includes a first circumferential wall portion 35 and a second circumferential wall portion 36, and along the axial direction of the first sealing member 30, the orthogonal projections of the first circumferential wall portion 35 and the orthogonal projections of the second circumferential wall portion 36 are arranged along the circumferential direction of the valve body 20. The first circumferential wall portion 35 is located between the first sub-hole passage 321 and the third sub-hole passage 323, and the first circumferential wall portion 35 and the second sub-hole passage 322 are respectively provided on both radial sides of the first sealing member 30. A corresponding central angle a1 of the first circumferential wall portion 35 is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees. The second circumferential wall portion 36 is located between the fourth sub-hole passage 331 and the fifth sub-hole passage 332, and a corresponding central angle a2 of the second circumferential wall portion 36 is greater than 180 degrees.
[0014] 1 to 8 , in some embodiments, the fluid control assembly 1 has a flow passage 43 communicating with a corresponding communication port 102, and the fluid control assembly 1 further includes a first flow passage plate 41 forming at least a portion of the wall of the flow passage 43. The first flow passage plate 41 extends from the outer surface of the side wall portion 11 in a direction away from the receiving chamber 101, and the first flow passage plate 41 can be integrally injection molded with the connecting body 10 to form a one-piece structure. This arrangement allows the first flow passage plate 41 to have a good sealing performance with the connecting body 10, facilitates reducing the number of parts of the fluid control assembly 1, and improves the assembly efficiency of the fluid control assembly 1. Furthermore, the fluid control assembly 1 can further include a second flow passage plate 42 sealingly disposed with the first flow passage plate 41 and forming the wall of the flow passage 43. Optionally, the second flow passage plate 42 can be welded to the first flow passage plate 41.
[0015] In order to achieve corresponding communication between the communication ports 102 and the hole passages 31, in some embodiments, as shown in Figures 3 to 8, the orthogonal projections of the communication ports 102 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body 20 along the axial direction of the side wall portion 11, and the communication ports 102 include a first communication port 1021 and a second communication port 1022 arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the valve side wall portion 11, and the first communication port 1021 corresponds to and communicates with the first hole passage 32, and the second communication port 1022 corresponds to and communicates with the second hole passage 33. Optionally, the communication ports 102 may include three first communication ports 1021 and two second communication ports 1022, and the three first communication ports 1021 may be located at the same height of the fluid control assembly 1, and the two second communication ports 1022 may be located at the same height of the fluid control assembly 1, with the orthogonal projections of the three first communication ports 1021 being adjacent to each other and the orthogonal projections of the two second communication ports 1022 being adjacent to each other along the axial direction of the valve body 20. As can be understood, in this context, the orthogonal projection of each communication port along the axial direction of the side wall portion 11 includes an area surrounded and limited by the orthogonal projection of the wall of each communication port along the axial direction of the valve body 20, and in this context, the axial directions of the side wall portion 11, the valve body 20, and the sealing member 30 are parallel or coincident.
[0016] 9 to 13 , the hole passages 31 of the sealing member 30 include at least one first hole passage 32 and at least two second hole passages 33, and the orthogonal projections of all the first hole passages 32 are adjacent to each other along the axial direction of the sealing member 30, and the orthogonal projections of all the second hole passages 33 are adjacent to each other along the axial direction of the sealing member 30. In a specific implementation, the hole passages 31 of the sealing member 30 include three first hole passages 32 and two second hole passages 33, and the three first hole passages 32 can be located at the same height of the sealing member 30, and the two second hole passages 33 can be located at the same height of the sealing member 30, and the orthogonal projections of the three first hole passages 32 are adjacent to each other along the axial direction of the sealing member 30, and the orthogonal projections of the two second hole passages 33 are adjacent to each other along the axial direction of the sealing member 30, and in this embodiment, the angle between two adjacent first hole passages 32 may be 90 degrees, and the angle between two adjacent second hole passages 33 may be 45 degrees. In this case, at the height where the first hole passage 32 of the sealing member 30 is located, approximately half of the wall portion is free of hole passages, and at the height where the second hole passage 33 of the sealing member 30 is located, approximately half or more of the wall portion is free of hole passages. Compared to arranging all of the hole passages circumferentially at the same height of the sealing member, the fluid control assembly provided in the embodiments of the present application can easily increase the wall distance between two hole passages 31 located at the same height, and can easily improve the sealing performance of the fluid control assembly.
[0017] When the valve element 20 rotates, due to factors such as the control precision of the drive assembly 50, delay in signal transmission, or the rotational moment of inertia of the valve element member 20, the valve element 20 may stop before rotating to the set angle, or continue to rotate after exceeding the set angle, which makes it easy for a rotation tolerance to occur in the valve element 20. For example, the rotation tolerance angle of the valve element member 20 may be ±5 degrees, that is, the valve element 20 may stop when rotating 5 degrees before the set angle, or may stop when continuing to rotate 5 degrees after exceeding the set angle. Therefore, The sealing member 30 contacts the valve body member 20 throughout the stroke range of the valve body member 20 as it rotates, thereby providing the sealing member 30 with good sealing performance. In this embodiment, the first hole 32 and the second hole 33 are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member 30, which increases the wall distance between the two hole paths 31 at the same height, making it easier for the valve body 20 to contact the wall of the sealing member 30 throughout the stroke range and facilitating the improvement of the sealing performance of the sealing member 30.
[0018] As shown in Figures 14 to 18, in some embodiments, the valve body 20 includes a first group of chambers 21, a partition plate 23, and a second group of chambers 22, and along the axial direction of the valve body 20, the partition plate 23 is located between the first group of chambers 21 and the second group of chambers 22, and the first group of chambers 21 has at least two first communicating chambers 211 that are spaced apart from each other, and the second group of chambers 22 has at least two second communicating chambers 221 that are spaced apart from each other, and the partition plate 23 has through holes 231, and some of the first communicating chambers 211 and some of the second communicating chambers 221 are connected to each other through the through holes 231, and by rotating the valve body 20, the communication ports 102 corresponding to the first hole 32 and the second hole 33 can be connected to each other through the first communicating chambers 211, the through holes 231, and the second communicating chambers 221. The above arrangement allows the fluid control assembly to achieve a fluid control function.
[0019] 3 to 21, the communication port 102 of the fluid control assembly includes a first communication port 1021 and a second communication port 1022, the first communication port 1021 includes a first port P1, a second port P2, and a third port P3, the second communication port 1022 can include a fourth port P4 and a fifth port P5, and the orthographic projection of the first port P1, the orthographic projection of the second port P2, the orthographic projection of the third port P3, the orthographic projection of the fourth port P4, and The orthogonal projections of the five ports P5 are arranged in order along the circumferential direction of the valve body 20. In the drawings, the orthogonal projections of the above five ports are illustrated as being arranged counterclockwise along the circumferential direction of the valve body 20 as an example. Alternatively, the orthogonal projections of the first port P1, the orthogonal projections of the second port P2, the orthogonal projections of the third port P3, the orthogonal projections of the fourth port P4 and the orthogonal projections of the fifth port P5 may be arranged clockwise along the circumferential direction of the valve body 20. Along the axial direction of the side wall portion 11, the first port P1, the second port P2, and the third port P3 are located at the same height of the fluid control assembly 1, and the fourth port P4 and the fifth port P5 are located at the same height of the fluid control assembly 1, in this case, along the axial direction of the side wall portion 11, the orthogonal projection of the wall of the fifth port P5 is located between the orthogonal projection of the wall of the first port P1 and the orthogonal projection of the wall of the fourth port P4, the first port P1 is connected to the corresponding first hole path 32, the fourth port P4 and the fifth port P5 are each connected to the corresponding second hole path 33, and further, One of P1 and the third port P3 can be communicated with the second port P2 via the first communicating chamber 211, one of the fourth port P4 and the fifth port P5 can be communicated with the first port P1 via the first communicating chamber 211, the through hole 231, the second communicating chamber 221, the corresponding first hole path 32, and the corresponding second hole path 33, and one of the fourth port P4 and the fifth port P5 can be communicated with the third port P3 via the first communicating chamber 211, the through hole 231, the second communicating chamber 221, the corresponding first hole path 32, and the corresponding second hole path 33. With the above arrangement, multiple flow methods for the fluid control assembly can be realized. In specific implementation, the number of communication ports 102 of the fluid control assembly may be, for example, three, i.e., the first port P1, the fourth port P4, and the fifth port P5, or the number of communication ports 102 may be four, five, or more, and this application is not limited thereto.
[0020] 14 to 22, in some embodiments, the first communicating chamber 211 of the valve body 20 includes a first chamber CA1 and a second chamber CA2 that are spaced apart, the second communicating chamber 221 includes a third chamber CA3 and a fourth chamber CA4 that are spaced apart, and along the axial direction of the valve body 20, the orthogonal projections of the third chamber CA3 and the orthogonal projections of the fourth chamber CA4 are both located inside the orthogonal projection of the first chamber CA1, and the through hole 231 of the partition plate 23 includes a first through hole 2311 and a second through hole 2312, and the third chamber CA3 is connected to the first chamber CA1 via the first through hole 2311, and the fourth chamber CA4 is connected to the first chamber CA1 via the second through hole 2312. As shown in Figures 18 to 21, the second chamber CA2 can connect one of the first port P1 and the third port P3 to the second port P2, and the first chamber CA1, the first through hole 2311, the third chamber CA3, the second through hole 2312 and the fourth chamber CA4 can connect one of the first port P1 and the third port P3 to one of the fourth port P4 and the fifth port P5.
[0021] Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 13 and 19 to 22 , in some embodiments, the first passage 32 of the sealing member 30 includes a first sub-passage 321, a second sub-passage 322, and a third sub-passage 323, the second passage 33 includes a fourth sub-passage 331 and a fifth sub-passage 332, the first sub-passage 321 corresponding to and communicating with the first port P1, the second sub-passage 322 corresponding to and communicating with the second port P2, the third sub-passage 323 corresponding to and communicating with the third port P3, the fourth sub-passage 331 communicating with the fourth port P4, and the fifth sub-passage 332 communicating with the fifth port P5, and the fluid control assembly has at least one of the following four operating modes: 19, the fluid control assembly is in a first operating mode, the valve body 20 is in a first position, the first port P1 and the fifth port P5 communicate with each other via the first sub-hole 321, the first chamber CA1, the first through-hole 2311, the third chamber CA3, and the fifth sub-hole 332, the fourth port P4 is in a closed state, and the second port P2 and the third port P3 communicate with each other via the second sub-hole 322, the second chamber CA2, and the third sub-hole 323. In this specification, the position of the valve body 20 refers to the position of the valve body 20 relative to the connecting body 10.
[0022] As shown in FIG. 20, the fluid control assembly is in a second operating mode, the valve body 20 is in a second position, the first port P1 and the fourth port P4 are connected via the first sub-hole 321, the first chamber CA1, the first through-hole 2311, the third chamber CA3 and the fourth sub-hole 331, the fifth port P5 is in a closed state, and the second port P2 and the third port P3 are connected via the second sub-hole 322, the second chamber CA2 and the third sub-hole 323.
[0023] As shown in FIG. 21, the fluid control assembly is in a third operating mode, the valve body 20 is in a third position, the third port P3 and the fifth port P5 are connected via the third sub-hole 323, the first chamber CA1, the second through-hole 2312, the fourth chamber CA4 and the fifth sub-hole 332, the fourth port P4 is in a closed state, and the first port P1 and the second port P2 are connected via the first sub-hole 321, the second chamber CA2 and the second sub-hole 322.
[0024] As shown in FIG. 22, the fluid control assembly is in a fourth operating mode, the valve body 20 is in a fourth position, the third port P3 and the fourth port P4 are connected via the third sub-hole 323, the first chamber CA1, the second through-hole 2312, the fourth chamber CA4 and the fourth sub-hole 331, the fifth port P5 is in a closed state, and the first port P1 and the second port P2 are connected via the first sub-hole 321, the second chamber CA2 and the second sub-hole 322.
[0025] With the above arrangement, the fluid control assembly is provided with two layers of communication ports, a first communication port and a second communication port, along the axial direction of the valve body 20, the sealing member 30 is provided with two layers of hole passages, a first hole passage and a second hole passage, and the valve body 20 is provided with two layers of connecting chambers, thereby realizing multiple communication methods for the communication ports. As can be understood, the fluid control assembly can also be provided with three layers of communication ports along the axial direction of the valve body 20, the sealing member 30 is provided with three layers of hole passages, and the valve body 20 is provided with three layers of connecting chambers, thereby realizing multiple communication methods for the communication ports, and this application is not limited to this.
[0026] As described above, the fluid control assembly 1 provided in the embodiments of the present application includes a connecting body 10, a valve body 20, and a sealing member 30, and at least a portion of the sealing member 30 is interposed between the side wall portion 11 of the connecting body 10 and the valve body 20. The sealing member 30 includes a passage that corresponds to and communicates with the communication port 102, thereby allowing fluid to flow from the passage to the communication port. Along the axial direction of the sealing member 30, the orthogonal projections of the passages of the sealing member 30 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body, and the passages include a first passage 32 and a second passage 33 that are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member 30. In this case, the first passage 32 and the second passage 32 that are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body 20 are respectively located at different heights of the sealing member 30. Compared to arranging all the holes at intervals around the valve body and locating all the holes at the same height on the sealing member, the sealing member 30 of the flow control device provided in the embodiments of the present application facilitates increasing the wall distance between two holes at the same height, making it easier for the valve body 20 to be pressed against the wall of the sealing member 30 when rotated, thus facilitating improvement of the sealing performance of the fluid control assembly 1 and facilitating widespread application.
[0027] 1 to 8 and as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a fluid control device 1000, which includes a fluid management assembly 61 and at least one fluid control assembly 1 provided by any of the above-described embodiments, and the fluid management assembly 61 may further include, but is not limited to, one or a combination of a heat exchanger, an electric pump, and an accumulator, and the fluid control assembly 1 may include a first flow path plate 41 and a second flow path plate 42, and the fluid management assembly 61 is fixedly connected to at least one of the first flow path plate 41 and the second flow path plate 42 or is connected so as to be positionally restricted, and the first flow path plate 41 and the second flow path plate 42 form a flow path 43 communicating between the fluid management assembly 61 and the fluid control assembly 1. The fluid control device provided by the embodiment of the present application has the same beneficial effects as the fluid control assembly 1 provided by any of the above-described embodiments, and therefore will not be described again.
[0028] Optionally, the fluid control device may further include structures such as a plurality of connecting pipes 62 and a plurality of temperature sensors. When the fluid control assembly 1 includes a first flow path plate 41 and a second flow path plate 42, the fluid management assembly 61, the connecting pipe 62, and the temperature sensor may be connected and sealed to at least one of the first flow path plate 41 and the second flow path plate 42 so that the passages in the fluid management assembly 61, the passages in the connecting pipe 62, and the passages 43 in the fluid control assembly 1 communicate with each other. This arrangement reduces the number of pipe connections between the fluid control assembly 1, the fluid management assembly 61, and each connecting pipe 62, facilitating an improvement in the integration of the fluid control device and facilitating widespread application.
[0029] It should be noted that the above embodiments do not limit the technical solutions described in the present application, but are merely for the purpose of explaining the present application, such as the definition of directions such as "front", "back", "left", "right", "up", "down", etc. Although the present specification has already described the present application in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they may still make amendments, combinations or equivalent substitutions to the present application, and all technical solutions and improvements thereon that do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application.
Claims
1. a connecting body having a storage chamber and a communication port, a valve body, and a sealing member, the connecting body including a side wall portion forming at least a part of the peripheral wall of the storage chamber, the communication port being located on the side wall portion, at least a part of the valve body being located in the storage chamber, at least a part of the sealing member being located between the side wall portion and the valve body along the radial direction of the storage chamber, the sealing member including a plurality of hole paths communicating with the communication port, A fluid control assembly characterized in that orthogonal projections of the holes of all the same sealing members are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body along the axial direction of the sealing member, and the holes include first holes and second holes arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the sealing member.
2. 2. The fluid control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the passages include at least one first passage and at least two second passages, and along the axial direction of the sealing member, orthogonal projections of all of the first passages are arranged adjacent to each other, and all of the second passages are arranged adjacent to each other.
3. 2. The fluid control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the orthogonal projections of the communication ports are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the valve body along the axial direction of the side wall portion, the communication ports include a first communication port and a second communication port arranged along the axial direction of the valve body, the first communication port corresponding to and communicating with the first hole path, and the second communication port corresponding to and communicating with the second hole path.
4. 4. The fluid control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the valve body includes a first group of chambers, a partition plate, and a second group of chambers, the partition plate being located between the first group of chambers and the second group of chambers along the axial direction of the valve body, the first group of chambers having at least two first communication chambers spaced apart from one another, the second group of chambers having at least two second communication chambers spaced apart from one another, the partition plate having through holes, a portion of the first communication chambers and a portion of the second communication chambers communicating with each other via the through holes, and the valve body being rotated to enable communication between communication ports corresponding to the first hole paths and the second hole paths via the first communication chambers, the through holes, and the second communication chambers.
5. 5. The fluid control assembly of claim 4, wherein the communication ports include at least a first port, a fourth port, and a fifth port, and along the axial direction of the side wall portion, an orthogonal projection of the wall portion of the fifth port is located between an orthogonal projection of the wall portion of the first port and an orthogonal projection of the wall portion of the fourth port, the first port communicates with the corresponding first hole path, the fourth port and the fifth port communicate with the corresponding second hole path, and one of the fourth port and the fifth port can communicate with the first port via the first connecting chamber, the through hole, the second connecting chamber, the corresponding first hole path, and the corresponding second hole path.
6. 6. The fluid control assembly according to claim 5, wherein the communication ports further include a second port and a third port, and an orthogonal projection of the first port, an orthogonal projection of the second port, an orthogonal projection of the third port, an orthogonal projection of the fourth port, and an orthogonal projection of the fifth port are arranged in order along the axial direction of the side wall portion and along the circumferential direction of the valve body, the first port, the second port, and the third port are located at the same height of the fluid control assembly, the fourth port and the fifth port are located at the same height of the fluid control assembly, one of the first port and the third port can be communicated with the second port via the first communication chamber, and one of the fourth port and the fifth port can be communicated with the third port via the first communication chamber, the through hole, the second communication chamber, the corresponding first hole path, and the corresponding second hole path.
7. 7. The fluid control assembly according to claim 6, wherein the first communication chamber includes a first chamber and a second chamber that are spaced apart, the second communication chamber includes a third chamber and a fourth chamber that are spaced apart, an orthogonal projection of the third chamber and an orthogonal projection of the fourth chamber are both located inside an orthogonal projection of the first chamber along the axial direction of the valve body, the through holes of the partition plate include a first through hole and a second through hole, the third chamber communicates with the first chamber via the first through hole, and the fourth chamber communicates with the first chamber via the second through hole.
8. the first passage includes a first sub-passage, a second sub-passage, and a third sub-passage, the second passage includes a fourth sub-passage and a fifth sub-passage, the first sub-passage corresponds to and communicates with the first port, the second sub-passage corresponds to and communicates with the second port, the third sub-passage corresponds to and communicates with the third port, the fourth sub-passage communicates with the fourth port, and the fifth sub-passage communicates with the fifth port; and the fluid control assembly has at least one of the following four operating modes: In a first operating mode, the valve element is located at a first position, and the first port and the fifth port communicate with each other via the first sub-hole, the first chamber, the first through-hole, the third chamber, and the fifth sub-hole, and the second port and the third port communicate with each other via the second sub-hole, the second chamber, and the third sub-hole; In a second operating mode, the valve element is located at a second position, and the first port and the fourth port communicate with each other via the first sub-hole, the first chamber, the first through-hole, the third chamber, and the fourth sub-hole, and the second port and the third port communicate with each other via the second sub-hole, the second chamber, and the third sub-hole; In a third operating mode, the valve element is located at a third position, the third port and the fifth port communicate with each other via the third sub-hole, the first chamber, the second through-hole, the fourth chamber, and the fifth sub-hole, and the first port and the second port communicate with each other via the first sub-hole, the second chamber, and the second sub-hole; 8. The fluid control assembly of claim 7, wherein in a fourth operating mode, the valve body is located in a fourth position, the third port and the fourth port communicate with each other via the third sub-hole, the first chamber, the second through-hole, the fourth chamber, and the fourth sub-hole, and the first port and the second port communicate with each other via the first sub-hole, the second chamber, and the second sub-hole.
9. A fluid control assembly as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a flow path communicating with the corresponding communication port, the connecting member including a first flow path plate forming at least a part of the wall of the flow path, the first flow path plate extending from the side wall portion in a direction away from the storage chamber, and the first flow path plate and the side wall portion being of an integral structure.
10. 10. The fluid control assembly of claim 9, wherein the connecting member further includes a second flow plate sealingly disposed with the first flow plate and forming a portion of a wall of the flow channel.
11. A fluid control device comprising a fluid management assembly and at least one fluid control assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fluid control assembly has a flow path and a port of the fluid management assembly is in communication with the flow path.
12. The fluid control device of claim 11 , wherein the fluid management assembly includes one or a combination of a heat exchanger, an electric pump, and an accumulator.
13. The fluid control assembly may further include a plurality of connecting pipes and a plurality of temperature sensors, the fluid control assembly having a flow path, the fluid control assembly including a first flow path plate and a second flow path plate, the second flow path plate and the first flow path plate being sealed together, and the first flow path plate and the second flow path plate both forming a part of a wall of the flow path; The fluid control device of claim 11, wherein the fluid management assembly, the connecting pipe, and the temperature sensor are all connected and sealed to at least one of the first flow plate and the second flow plate, and the passages in the fluid management assembly, the passages in the connecting pipe, and the flow paths in the fluid control assembly are in communication.
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