Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle heating and cooling system and control method
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Application No.: US15801673Application Date: 2017-11-02
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Publication No.: US10343487B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Manfred Koberstein , Angelo Patti , Loren John Lohmeyer, III , Jing He
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: King & Schickli, PLLC
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60H1/00
- IPC: B60H1/00

Abstract:
A vehicle having a heating and cooling system includes a refrigerant loop having first and second heat exchangers, and a coolant loop. The coolant loop includes a plurality of valves directing a first flow of coolant through a first refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger, a second flow of coolant through a second refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger, and a third flow of coolant including a first portion of the first flow of coolant exiting the first refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger and a first portion of the second flow of coolant exiting the second refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger through an auxiliary coolant loop, and a control module for controlling the plurality of valves to direct the flows of coolant dependent upon a mode of operation. The auxiliary coolant loop is for heating/cooling one or more components, such as a battery, dependent upon the mode of operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180312035A1 VEHICLE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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