Vehicle humidifier system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10792983B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-06

    申请号:US15711596

    申请日:2017-09-21

    IPC分类号: B60H3/02 B60H1/32 B60H1/00

    摘要: A humidifier system for a vehicle passenger cabin includes an onboard humidifier, an onboard reservoir in fluid communication with the humidifier and adapted to collect a fluid from a vehicle heat exchanger, and a controller configured to determine at least a passenger cabin relative humidity value and a dew point value for at least one vehicle window. The controller is configured to actuate the onboard humidifier to provide a humidified airflow into the passenger cabin, and to actuate a window heating system to heat the at least one vehicle window sufficiently to prevent or remove fogging resulting from the humidified airflow. Methods for controlling the humidifier system are described.

    ENERGY SAVING OFFSET STRATEGY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PASSENGER CABIN

    公开(公告)号:US20190225049A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-25

    申请号:US16369106

    申请日:2019-03-29

    IPC分类号: B60H1/00 B60K28/04

    摘要: A method for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system of an autonomous vehicle includes determining a vehicle operating status and operating the HVAC system according to the determined vehicle operating status. A control module comprising a sensor array and at least one controller operatively coupled to the sensor array and to the HVAC system controls operation of the HVAC system according to the determined vehicle operating status. The vehicle operating status is selected from one of vehicle occupied-in use, vehicle unoccupied-use requested, and vehicle unoccupied-standby. The HVAC system is operated at an operating setting providing a reduced energy consumption in a vehicle whose operating status is vehicle unoccupied-standby. The reduced energy consumption operating setting is determined according to a constant offset value or according to a variable offset value determined by inputs provided by the sensor array.