公开(公告)号：US20240131898A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-25

申请号：US17972855

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Halim Wijaya ,  Alan Gutowski ,  Manfred Koberstein

IPC: B60H1/00

CPC classification number: B60H1/00849 ,  B60H1/00764 ,  B60H1/00871

Abstract: A vehicle includes a body, a cabin that is defined by the body, an air delivery system, and a controller. The air delivery system includes a blower, an air register, ductwork, and an intake module. The air register is positioned within the cabin. The ductwork extends between the blower and the air register. The intake module is positioned upstream of the blower. The controller adjusts a speed of the blower as a function of a speed of the vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11897313B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US17371853

申请日：2021-07-09

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Alan Gutowski ,  Manfred Koberstein ,  William Stewart Johnston

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60H1/32

CPC classification number: B60H1/00785 ,  B60H1/00828 ,  B60H1/3207 ,  B60H1/00849 ,  B60H1/00885

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.

公开(公告)号：US11505233B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

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

IPC: B62D1/06 ,  B62D1/04 ,  B60R11/04 ,  H05B3/34 ,  H05B1/02 ,  B60R11/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220347497A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17243106

申请日：2021-04-28

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： John Wesley Wilds ,  Manfred Koberstein ,  Clay Wesley Maranville ,  William S. Johnston ,  James Allan Birley ,  Scott Allan Hanson ,  John Martin Salens ,  Blake Gecse ,  Ryan M. VanBelle ,  Meghan Christine Shinska ,  Mark William Miller ,  Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke ,  Daniel Heilman

IPC: A62B18/00 ,  A62B7/10 ,  A62B18/08

Abstract: A method of assembling a personal air purifying respirator includes assembling a housing including a blower disposed therein, a filter cavity, and an outlet manifold; installing a filter on the housing; attaching a filter cover to the housing with the filter cover disposed over the filter, wherein the filter cover defines an air inlet; and testing the filter including energizing the blower, introducing a testing aerosol into the air inlet, and measuring air exiting the outlet manifold.

公开(公告)号：US11267314B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US15813695

申请日：2017-11-15

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Alan Gutowski ,  Manfred Koberstein ,  William Stewart Johnston

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60H1/32

Abstract: A method for defogging a window of a vehicle includes steps of determining a risk of window fogging and automatically selecting a climate control system operating mode according to that determined 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.

公开(公告)号：US11207949B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

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

IPC: F25D23/12 ,  B60H1/32 ,  B60H1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US11179998B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16298252

申请日：2019-03-11

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Robert Steven Sawyer ,  Manfred Koberstein

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  B60H1/14 ,  B60H1/32 ,  B60H1/08

Abstract: A method of heating and cooling at least one zone of a passenger compartment in a vehicle includes the steps of (a) pumping a coolant through an auxiliary coolant loop, (b) changing a temperature of the coolant utilizing a first heat exchanger associated with a refrigerant loop via an expansion device in the cooling mode, and a second heat exchanger associated with the refrigerant loop and (c) moving air through a third heat exchanger through which coolant moves, that third heat exchanger positioned in the passenger compartment, and at least one vent positioned within at least one zone of the passenger compartment.

公开(公告)号：US11135897B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US15967679

申请日：2018-05-01

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Dietmar Fischer ,  Michael Lezuo ,  Manfred Koberstein ,  Jennifer A. Herr-Rathke

IPC: B60H1/00 ,  G01C21/02 ,  G01D21/02 ,  G01F1/44 ,  F02M35/10

Abstract: An air duct system for passing an air flow emanating from an air outlet to a measurement device for detecting parameter measurement values for at least one parameter of the air flow, includes at least one collecting unit for collecting the air flow emanating from the air outlet. That one collecting unit can be disposed on the air outlet so that a contact surface of the collecting unit encloses at least one outlet opening of the air outlet circumferentially. The collecting unit includes a wall defining a continuous air duct with an inlet end section and an outlet end section. In order to improve the measurement of the parameter of the air flow, the air duct system includes at least one measurement chamber that is communicatively connected to a section of the air duct enclosed by the inlet end section, which, as a measurement chamber that is otherwise closed relative to the surroundings, either contains at least one pressure sensor or comprises at least one connection for communicatively connecting the measurement chamber to a pressure measurement device.

公开(公告)号：US10767941B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US16132052

申请日：2018-09-14

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Jing He ,  Manfred Koberstein ,  Loren John Lohmeyer, III ,  Tim Van Evans

IPC: F28D19/02 ,  F28F13/18

Abstract: A method of forming a superhydrophobic layer on a motor vehicle heat exchanger housing includes the steps of flowing a precursor gas of a mixture of heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl, trimethoxysilane (HTMS) and a carrier gas into a reaction chamber and depositing the superhydrophobic layer on the motor vehicle heat exchanger housing by chemical vapor deposition. A heat exchanger having a heat exchanger housing with a superhydrophobic layer made by the chemical vapor deposition method is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10603978B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15215218

申请日：2016-07-20

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Robert Steven Sawyer ,  Manfred Koberstein

IPC: B60H1/00

Abstract: A vehicle includes a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for heating and cooling a passenger compartment. The HVAC system includes a refrigerant loop and a coolant loop, and an auxiliary heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The auxiliary HVAC includes an expansion device coupled to the refrigerant loop for controlling a flow of refrigerant to a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger coupled to an auxiliary coolant loop used to regulate a temperature of the component. The auxiliary HVAC further includes a blower for creating an air flow through the first heat exchanger, a first blend door for directing the air flow through the second heat exchanger and/or an outlet, a second blend door for directing the air flow through the outlet and/or a recirculation duct, and a third blend door for controlling the air flow through the recirculation duct.