- Patent Title: Multi-way refrigerant valve and heat pump system having the same
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Application No.: US17726136Application Date: 2022-04-21
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Publication No.: US12007037B2Publication Date: 2024-06-11
- Inventor: Seoyoung Oh
- Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY , KIA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY,KIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY,KIA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Agency: MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP
- Priority: KR 20210190013 2021.12.28
- Main IPC: F16K11/074
- IPC: F16K11/074 ; B60H1/00 ; F15B13/02 ; F16K27/04 ; F16K31/04 ; B60K1/00 ; F16K11/08 ; F16K27/06 ; F25B5/02 ; F25B6/02 ; F25B41/20

Abstract:
A multi-way refrigerant valve includes an outer housing having an open surface, and in which a first inlet, a second inlet, and a third inlet, and a first outlet, a second outlet, a third outlet, a fourth outlet, a fifth outlet, and a sixth outlet are formed, an inner housing rotatable inside the outer housing to connect the inlets and the outlets, and including at least one connection flow path formed therein, and a cover member mounted to the open surface of the outer housing. As the inner housing is rotated at a predetermined interval by the driving unit, the first inlet is connected to one or both of the first outlet or the second outlet, the second inlet is connected to one of the third outlet or the fourth outlet, and the third inlet is connected to one or both of the fifth outlet and or the sixth outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230204119A1 MULTI-WAY REFRIGERANT VALVE AND HEAT PUMP SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2023-06-29
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