A multi-way valve includes a valve housing and a valve body. The valve housing has an inner space formed therein, and includes a plurality of coolant inlet ports spaced apart from each other along a side surface thereof and a coolant outlet port penetrated along a central axis thereof. The valve body is inserted into the valve housing and rotates around a rotation axis thereof coincident with or parallel to the central axis of the valve housing. The valve body includes a plurality of inlet parts spaced apart from each other along a side surface thereof and an outlet part formed along the rotation axis thereof, the inlet parts and the outlet part communicating with each other, the outlet part facing the coolant outlet port to be connected thereto, the inlet part being selectively connected to the coolant inlet port by rotation thereof around the rotation axis thereof.

A cooling system of a hybrid vehicle include an engine, a drive motor, a main water pump, a cooling line, a heat-exchange line, a heater line on which a heater and an exhaust heat recovery device are provided, a coolant control valve unit selectively supplying coolant to the cooling line, the heat-exchange line and the heater line, a bypass line connecting the rear of the exhaust heat recovery device and the front of the heater, an auxiliary water pump that selectively supplies coolant from the exhaust heat recovery device to the front of the heater, a state measurement unit that measures an operation state of the vehicle and outputs a corresponding signal, and a controller configured for controlling operation of the engine, the drive motor, the main water pump, the coolant control valve unit and the auxiliary water pump according to the output signal of the state measurement unit.

A thermal management assembly includes a fluidic command device connected to a first and second pump group and having four inlet and outlet ports and an auxiliary duct connecting the pump groups. The fluidic command device is configurable in a first configuration, in which working fluid flows into the first inlet port and out of the first outlet port, flowing into the first pump group, the auxiliary duct and the second pump group, a second configuration, in which working fluid flows into the second inlet port and out of the second outlet port, flowing in the pump groups, preventing flow in the auxiliary duct, and a third configuration, in which working fluid flows into the third inlet port and out of the third outlet port, flowing into the first pump group, and into the fourth inlet port and out of the fourth outlet port, flowing into the second pump group.

A fluidic control device of a thermal management assembly of a thermal regulation system of a vehicle has three operating groups. The thermal management assembly has first and second pump groups, fluidically connected by an auxiliary duct. The fluidic control device, fluidically connected to the first and second pump groups, and to the auxiliary duct, has three outlets, connectable to the three operating groups, respectively, and is configurable in a first working configuration in which flow of working fluid is regulated through the first and second outlets, preventing flow through the third outlet and the auxiliary duct, a second working configuration in which flow of working fluid is regulated through the third outlet, preventing flow through the first and second outlets and the auxiliary duct, and a third working configuration in which flow of working fluid is regulated through the auxiliary duct, preventing flow through the first and third outlets.

An in-vehicle temperature adjustment system includes: a refrigeration circuit including an inter-medium heat exchanger and a vaporizer that vaporizes the cooling medium to achieve a refrigeration cycle by circulating a cooling medium; a thermal circuit including a heater core, the inter-medium heat exchanger, an engine thermal circuit, and a radiator to circulate the heating medium; and a controller that controls a distribution state of the heating medium. The thermal circuit includes: a first branch portion at which a coolant flowing out of the engine thermal circuit and the inter-medium heat exchanger is divided into coolants flowing into the heater core and into the radiator; a second branch portion at which a coolant flowing out of the heater core is divided into coolants flowing into the inter-medium heat exchanger and into the engine thermal circuit; a first adjustment valve and a second adjustment valve.

An exemplary thermal management system includes, among other things, a valve, a radiator loop configured to be connected to the valve, a power electronics loop configured to be connected to the valve, a heater loop configured to be connected to the valve, and a battery loop configured to be connected to the valve. The valve is configured to connect one or more of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops together and the valve is configured to isolate at least one of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops from any remaining loops of the radiator, power electronics, heater, and battery loops.

Methods and systems are provided for a cooling system. In one example, a system comprising a housing comprising a first chamber fluidly coupled to a first cooling circuit and a second chamber fluidly coupled to a second cooling circuit. A reservoir is arranged vertically above each of the first chamber and the second chamber within the housing. A transverse wall fluidly separates the reservoir from the first and second chambers and a dividing wall physically coupled to the transverse wall, separates the first and second chambers from one another. Each of the transverse wall, dividing wall, first chamber, and the second chamber are arranged vertically below a minimum fill line of the reservoir.

An engine cooling system is provided, which includes a water jacket through which coolant flows, a heat exchanger that cools the coolant, a first bypass passage that bypasses the heat exchanger and recirculates the coolant to the water jacket, a radiator passage that recirculates the coolant to the water jacket via the heat exchanger, and a flow control device that is installed at a location where a coolant passage branches into the first bypass passage and the radiator passage and performs a water flow control to adjust a coolant amount flowing into the water jacket by adjusting a coolant amount flowing through the first bypass passage. A thermally-actuated valve connected with the radiator passage via a second bypass passage is provided to the first bypass passage, and when this valve opens, the coolant flowing through the first bypass passage flows into the radiator passage through the second bypass passage.

Provided are sealing member for electronic valve, electronic valve with sealing member, electronic valve with static sealing structure, and electronic valve with double sealing structure. The sealing member has inlet end connected to valve core and outlet end connected to connecting pipe; the electronic valve includes valve body, valve cover, flow rate control device, and the connecting pipe; the flow rate control device includes the valve core; the valve body is provided therein with valve core accommodating chamber and connecting pipe connection port; the valve core is disposed in the valve core accommodating chamber; the connecting pipe is welded to end of the connecting pipe connection port on the valve body. The electronic valve further includes the above sealing member, and the sealing member is located between the connecting pipe and the connecting pipe connection port. Meanwhile, the electronic valve includes static sealing structure and/or double sealing structure.

An apparatus for handling fluid within an at least partially electrically powered vehicle, including: a valve device with a valve housing, the valve housing includes at least eight radially arranged port openings for fluid to flow in or out, a valve body, which is arranged inside the valve housing and is rotatable about an axis of rotation R, and the valve body includes at least four connecting channels for fluidly connecting two port openings, respectively.