Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle anti-icing and de-icing systems and corresponding methods of operation
- Patent Title (中): 车辆防冰除冰系统及相应的操作方法
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Application No.: US14171011Application Date: 2014-02-03
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Publication No.: US08996257B2Publication Date: 2015-03-31
- Inventor: Taeyoung Han , Shailendra Kaushik , Bahram Khalighi , Jeffrey A. Bozeman
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Parks Wood, LLC
- Agent Mickki D. Murray
- Main IPC: B60R22/00
- IPC: B60R22/00 ; B60S1/48 ; B60S1/56

Abstract:
A system, for inhibiting ice formation on a vehicle surface, and de-icing if determined needed to remove any frozen matter formed on the surface, including an anti-icing reservoir, a fluid-selecting control valve, and code that causes a processor to perform operations including determining whether the vehicle is parked, initiating, if parked, activation of, or obtaining of readouts from, any local sensors or routines to be used to determine whether a condition triggering initiation of an anti-freezing cycle is present. The operations include commencing, if triggered, an anti-icing cycle, including initiating changing of the fluid-selection valve to select the anti-freezing reservoir, and initiating pumping of the anti-icing fluid from the anti-icing reservoir to and through a fluid-dispensing nozzle, and onto the surface for inhibiting bonding of frozen material on the surface and/or remove any already formed frozen material on the surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140217194A1 Vehicle Anti-Icing and De-Icing Systems and Corresponding Methods of Operation Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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