Heating pump cover and heating pump
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current heating pump designs require additional temperature-sensitive sheets, increasing assembly complexity and production costs.
Innovation Solution
A heating pump cover design with a raised part on its surface featuring a groove, where the heating body is partially embedded, allowing direct heat transfer to a temperature control device without the need for separate sheets, using thermally conductive fillers and integrated heat-conducting elements for efficient temperature sensing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a temperature-sensitive sheet is added to the pump cover, then temperature sensing capability is improved, but assembly complexity and production cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The temperature-sensitive sheet is integrated directly into the pump cover structure, merging two separate components (temperature-sensitive sheet and pump cover) into a single integrated component. This eliminates the need for separate assembly steps and reduces production complexity while maintaining temperature sensing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The pump cover is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides structural coverage, creates the water cavity, and incorporates temperature sensing capability through the integrated temperature-sensitive sheet. This multi-functionality reduces the overall number of components needed in the heating pump system.
2Measurement precision
If a temperature-sensitive sheet is added to the pump cover, then temperature sensing capability is improved, but production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the temperature-sensitive sheet into the pump cover as a single component, the patent reduces the total part count and assembly operations required. This streamlining of the manufacturing process reduces production costs despite the addition of temperature sensing functionality.
3Loss of energy
If the heating body is fully connected to the pump cover, then heat transfer efficiency is improved, but water flow passage is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The heating body is designed with differentiated regions: a first region that contacts the pump cover for heat transfer, and a second region that maintains a gap for water flow. This local differentiation allows different parts of the heating body to serve different functions - heat conduction where needed and fluid passage where required.
Solution Approach 2:
The heating body is segmented into functional regions with distinct purposes. The first region is optimized for thermal contact with the pump cover, while the second region is optimized for maintaining water flow pathways. This segmentation resolves the conflict between heat transfer efficiency and water flow requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces assembly complexity and production costs by eliminating the need for temperature-sensitive sheets while ensuring precise temperature monitoring and rapid response to abnormal conditions.
Implementation Method 1
between the first region and the groove, there is a thermally conductive filler filled in, and the first region connects to the inner wall of the groove through the thermally conductive filler
Implementation Method 2
The heating body is powered on and generates heat
Implementation Method 3
the heat of the heating body at an connection part of the first region and the heat of water at the second region are transferred to the temperature control device on the raised part through the raised part
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are a heating pump cover and a heating pump. The heating pump cover comprises a cover body, a temperature control device, a raised part, and a heating body. The cover body has a first surface configured to be in contact with liquid on which the heating body is arranged and a second surface opposite to the first surface on which the temperature control device and the raised part are arranged. The raised part forms grooves on the first surface and the temperature control device is arranged on the raised part. The part of the heating body locates in the grooves has a first region which is in contact with the inner wall of the groove and a second region which is arranged interval with the inner wall of the groove.