Invention Publication
- Patent Title: ENHANCED VEHICLE WINDOW ANTI-FOGGING STRATEGY
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Application No.: US18492188Application Date: 2023-10-23
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Publication No.: US20240051369A1Publication Date: 2024-02-15
- Inventor: Alan Gutowski , Manfred Koberstein , William Stewart Johnston
- 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
- The original application number of the division: US17371853 2021.07.09
- Main IPC: B60H1/00
- IPC: B60H1/00 ; B60H1/32

Abstract:
A method for defogging a window of a vehicle includes steps of automatically selecting a climate control system operating mode and determining a risk of window fogging. The climate control system operating mode is selected from an outside air mode, an air-conditioning mode, and a defrost mode. A controller determines the risk of window fogging according to one or more inputs, and the same or a different controller may automatically select the climate control system operating mode. The controller is configured to increase a climate control system blower speed to increase a rate of airflow provided by the currently-actuated climate control system operating mode. The controller may sequentially advance the climate control system operating mode through the outside air mode, air-conditioning mode, and defrost mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US12179555B2 Enhanced vehicle window anti-fogging strategy Public/Granted day:2024-12-31
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