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公开(公告)号:US20230249515A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-10
申请号:US17592586
申请日:2022-02-04
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Alan Gutowski , Manfred Koberstein , Angelo Patti
IPC: B60H1/00
CPC classification number: B60H1/00764 , B60H1/00849 , B60H1/00828
Abstract: A method of operating a stop-start vehicle with an HVAC system that does not include an electric auxiliary coolant pump for circulating warm coolant to a heater core of the HVAC system in an engine-off condition of the vehicle comprises the steps of driving the vehicle via compulsion by an engine in an environment having an ambient outside temperature of about or less than 30 degrees Fahrenheit, entering an auto stop event, such that the engine enters the engine-off condition, and circulating heated air into a cabin of the vehicle in the engine-off condition for at least one minute. The heated air is circulated by decreasing the speed of a blower motor, adjusting a recirculation door position to increase air recirculation, and adjusting a temperature blend door position toward a full-heat position based on a sensed engine coolant temperature and a sensed evaporator core temperature.
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公开(公告)号:US11613154B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-28
申请号:US17744943
申请日:2022-05-16
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Jing He , Loren John Lohmeyer, III , Angelo Patti , Manfred Koberstein
Abstract: Secondary loop air conditioning and heat pump systems include a reservoir with a capsule holding a phase change material.
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公开(公告)号:US20220063700A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17002058
申请日:2020-08-25
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , Pietro Buttolo , Manfred Koberstein , Michael Blischke , Katherine Howard-Cone , James Robert Chascsa, II , Daniel J. Martin , David Brian Glickman , Paul Kenneth Dellock
Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel is provided that includes a rim having a core structure, a plurality of heaters surrounding at least a portion of the core structure to define a plurality of heating zones, at least one sensor for sensing location of a user's hand on the steering wheel, and a controller controlling the plurality of heaters to activate one or more of the heaters based on the sensed location of the hand.
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公开(公告)号:US11254190B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-22
申请号:US16444665
申请日:2019-06-18
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventor: Jing He , Loren John Lohmeyer, III , Manfred Koberstein , Mikiharu Kuwahara , Masafumi Nakashima
Abstract: A refrigerant loop of a vapor injection heat pump includes a compressor, first and second expansion valves, and first and second separator valves. The separator valves allow an entire refrigerant flow to pass therethrough or operate to separate vapor and liquid components of expanded refrigerant and inject the vapor component into a suction port of the compressor. Vapor injection occurs in both heating and cooling modes of operation and may depend upon an ambient condition (e.g., high or low ambient temperatures). An accumulator receives an output refrigerant of the heat exchangers dependent upon the mode and directs a vapor component into another suction port of the compressor. A control module controls at least the first and second expansion valves and first and second separator valves dependent upon the mode of operation which include, among others, heating, cooling, and dehumidification and re-heating.
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公开(公告)号:US20210339712A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US16864751
申请日:2020-05-01
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Alan Gutowski , Curtis Jones , Manfred Koberstein , Stephen White , Peter Mitchell Lyon , John Rollinger , Scott Thompson , M. Scott Christensen , David Hancock , Adam Richards , Steve Skikun , Frank Fusco , Venkatesh Krishnan
Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for heat sanitizing a vehicle. In one example, a method may include, responsive to receiving a request for sanitization of a vehicle interior, operating a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system to heat the vehicle interior above an upper threshold temperature for a threshold duration. In this way, the HVAC system may be advantageously used to expose the vehicle interior to temperatures that kill or inactive microbes.
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公开(公告)号:US20210206235A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US16736176
申请日:2020-01-07
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Jing He , Loren John Lohmeyer , Manfred Koberstein , Ranganathan Madhavan , Craig Martin Spinneweber
Abstract: A multi-compressor refrigerant system for a vehicle including a main compressor, an auxiliary compressor fluidly coupled with the main compressor, and a chiller fluidly coupled to the main compressor and the auxiliary compressor for exchanging heat with an electronic device. At least one of the main compressor and the auxiliary compressor is operated based on a thermal load of the chiller.
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公开(公告)号:US11021041B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-01
申请号:US16444724
申请日:2019-06-18
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventor: Jing He , Manfred Koberstein , Loren John Lohmeyer, III , Jacob Gregory Powers , Todd Louis Wenzel , Christian Brent Schoeneman
Abstract: An integrated thermal management system includes a cooling circuit having a component thermal conditioning circuit, a battery thermal conditioning circuit, a cabin heating circuit, a cabin cooling circuit and a valve group configured for selectively interconnecting or isolating the component thermal conditioning circuit, the battery thermal conditioning circuit, the cabin heating circuit and the cabin cooling circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US20210155078A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-27
申请号:US16695427
申请日:2019-11-26
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Jing He , Loren John Lohmeyer , Manfred Koberstein
Abstract: A vehicle HVAC system includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant outside air, a first check valve set, a first expansion device for decompressing a first portion of the refrigerant, a second heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the first portion of the refrigerant and a second portion of the refrigerant, a second expansion device for decompressing the second portion of the refrigerant, a second check valve set, a third heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the refrigerant and inside air, and a selector valve for switching between a heating mode and a cooling mode. The first check valve set and the second check valve set together maintain a constant flow direction through the first expansion device, the second heat exchanger, and the second expansion device between the heating mode and the cooling mode.
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公开(公告)号:US20210086587A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US16577613
申请日:2019-09-20
Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventor: Manfred Koberstein , Loren John Lohmeyer
Abstract: A vehicle HVAC system including a heat pump system. The heat pumps system including a refrigerant module mounting manifold, the manifold including a first plate and a second plate. The first plate and the second plate are configured to couple together such that together they define a plurality of channels for directing the flow of refrigerant through the heat pump system. One or more auxiliary modules are fluidly coupled to the refrigerant module mounting manifold.
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公开(公告)号:US20200298650A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16360773
申请日:2019-03-21
Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
IPC: B60H1/00
Abstract: A dual zone auxiliary climate control system for a vehicle includes an evaporator, a heater core having a first zone and a second zone, a first zone mode door downstream from the first zone of the heater core, a second zone mode door downstream from the second zone of the heater core and a blower. The blower forces air through the evaporator and the heater core toward the first zone mode door and the second zone mode door. A method of providing a dual zone auxiliary climate control system is also disclosed.
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