WATER COOLING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SWITCHING PUMP LOOP

• US 20190331019A1
• Filed: 04/27/2018
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jingway Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Jingway Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WANG, Feng-Chang
• Application Number:
  US15/965,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20190331019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2007/146 using valves
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 7/162 by cutting in and out of pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 7/165 characterised by systems with two or more loops
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/044 with movable valve members positioned between valve seats
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 15/021 the valve member being a movable body around which the medium flows when the valve is open F16K15/025 - F16K15/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/122 the fluid acting on a piston F16K31/143, F16K31/163, F16K31/363, F16K31/383 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/1223 one side of the piston being acted upon by the circulating fluid
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/201 Cooling arrangements using cooling fluid

Abstract

A water cooling device capable of switching a pump loop is provided. The water cooling device sends a liquid coolant through a first pump or a second pump and moves a shuttle valve to a first position or a second position, so that the liquid coolant can flow into the shuttle valve from different directions and then flow out from an output hole. The shuttle check does not consume power, but also can achieve the non-return function. Then, the liquid coolant flows into a water block to cool a load. After that, the liquid coolant flows to a radiator fan for heat dissipation and then flows to the water tank for circulation, achieving the effect of bidirectionally switching the pump loop. The water cooling device can continue to operate without stopping.

Claims

1. A water cooling device capable of switching a pump loop, comprising:

a water tank, having a liquid coolant therein;

a first pump, having a water inlet connected with a water outlet of the water tank;

a second pump, having a water inlet connected with the water outlet of the water tank;

a control unit, being electrically connected to the first pump and the second pump, respectively;

a shuttle valve, having a main body, the main body having a chamber therein, the chamber including a first axial hole, a second axial hole and an output hole communicating with one another, the first axial hole being connected with the first pump, the second axial hole being connected with the second pump, the chamber being provided with a check valve, the check valve being movable in the chamber and defining a first position and a second position, wherein when the check valve is in the first position, the first axial hole communicates with the output hole, and the second axial hole doesn'"'"'t communicate with the first axial hole and the output hole;

wherein when the check valve is in the second position, the second axial hole communicates with the output hole, and the first axial hole doesn'"'"'t communicate with the second axial hole and the output hole;

a water block, connected to the output hole of the shuttle valve;

a radiator fan, having a first end connected to the water block and a second end connected to the water tank;

a first loop, wherein when the check valve is in the first position, the water tank, the first pump, the first axial hole of the shuttle valve, the output hole of the shuttle valve, the water block and the radiator fan communicate with one another to form the first loop; and

a second loop, wherein when the check valve is in the second position, the water tank, the second pump, the second axial hole of the shuttle valve, the output hole of the shuttle valve, the water block and the radiator fan communicate with one another to form the second loop.

2. The water cooling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the check valve has a shuttle member, two ends of the shuttle member have a first opening and a second opening corresponding to the first axial hole and the second axial hole respectively, the shuttle member is provided with a baffle, the baffle has a first surface and a second surface corresponding to the first axial hole and the second axial hole respectively, each of the first surface and the second surface is recessed with a conical groove, the check valve has a first passage and at least one first perforation communicating with the first opening and disposed between the first opening and the first surface, the first passage communicates with the output hole, the check valve has a second passage and at least one second perforation communicating with the second opening and disposed between the second opening and the second surface, the second passage communicates with the output hole, the check valve has a length less than that of the main body, when the check valve is in the first position, the baffle closes the second passage, and the first axial hole, the first passage and the output hole communicate with one another;

when the check valve is in the second position, the baffle closes the first passage, and the second axial hole, the second passage and the output hole communicate with one another.

3. The water cooling device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first axial hole and the second axial hole have internal threads respectively, each of the first axial hole and the second axial hole is threadedly connected with a positioning plug, the positioning plug has a first end, a second end and a through hole between the first end and the second end, an outer wall of the positioning plug is provided with a stopper at the first end, the stopper has an outer diameter greater than inner diameters of the first axial hole and the second axial hole, so that the stopper can block the first axial hole and the second axial hole, the outer wall of the positioning plug is provided with a groove beside the stopper, the outer wall of the positioning plug is provided with an external thread beside the groove so that the positioning plug can be screwed with the internal threads of the first axial hole and the second axial hole, the groove is provided with a sealing ring, the through hole is provided with a stop section at the first end, the stop section has an inner diameter greater than that of the through hole, the through hole is provided with a limit section beside the stop section, the limit section has an inner diameter less than that of the through hole, the through hole is provided with a positioning section at the second end, the positioning section has an inner diameter greater than that of the through hole, an enlarged section is provided between the positioning section and the through hole, and the enlarged section has an inner diameter that gradually increases toward the second end.

4. The water cooling device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the through hole of the positioning plug is provided with a rotary joint, the rotary joint has a first end, a second end and a perforation hole between the first end and the second end, the first end of the rotary joint is formed with a screw head extending radially outwardly, the screw head protrudes out of the through hole of the positioning plug, the perforation hole is provided with an internal thread at the first end, the rotary joint is provided with a stop ring, the stop ring is accommodated in the stop section, the stop ring is interposed between the screw head and the stop member, the second end of the rotary joint is located at the limit section, an outer wall of the second end is provided with a plurality of spaced protrusions, and the protrusions of the rotary joint pass through the limit section and are engaged with the through hole so that the rotary joint can be rotated in the limit section.

5. The water cooling device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the shuttle member is provided with an annular groove, the annular groove is sleeved with a positioning ring, the positioning ring has an outer diameter less than the inner diameter of the positioning section, and the outer diameter of the positioning ring is greater than the inner diameter of the enlarged section.

6. The water cooling device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first opening and the second opening of the shuttle member are provided with damping members, the damping members are end faces of two ends of the check valve, the damping members can be increased in size by reducing inner diameters of the first opening and the second opening so as to increase their damping values.

7. The water cooling device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first axial hole and the second axial hole are disposed at two opposite sides of the main body respectively, central axes of the first axial hole and the second axial hole are located at a same axis, and the check valve is provided with the baffle perpendicular to the axis.