Abstract: A vehicle climate control system is provided. The vehicle climate control system allows an occupant in the rear area of a vehicle to control the climate settings in the vehicle. It comprises a front climate interface, a rear climate interface, and a controller. When actuated, the controller disables the front climate interface and allows the rear climate interface to determine the climate settings. The controller is also operative to selectively restart a vehicle engine in order to reduce fuel consumption. The vehicle climate control system may be disabled when the engine is off and selectively enabled when the engine is operating.

Abstract: A vehicle heating/cooling system (100) has a consolidated heating/cooling core (104) coupled to a closed engine coolant circuit (136), to a closed refrigerant circuit (140) and to a closed thermally regulated fluid circuit (146).

Abstract: A hybrid construction machine includes: an electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit; an engine cooling circuit including a first coolant and switchable between a state the first coolant after cooling the engine is introduced into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit and a state stopping introduction of the first coolant into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit; an equipment cooling circuit that cools, with a second coolant, equipment needing cooling, and switchable between a state the second coolant is introduced into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit and a state stopping introduction of the second coolant into the electric storage device temperature adjustment circuit; and a controller controlling the engine cooling circuit, the equipment cooling circuit, and a lead-out switching valve such that the first coolant or second coolant selectively flows, according to whether the electric storage device needs to be warmed or cooled

Abstract: A fluid management system for a cooling module of a vehicle air conditioning system. The cooling module includes a first heat exchanger in fluid communication with a liquid cooling system of the vehicle and a second heat exchanger disposed upstream of the first heat exchanger and in fluid communication with the vehicle air conditioning system, wherein the fluid management system minimizes an inlet fluid temperature of the second heat exchanger of the cooling module.

Abstract: A case for a heating, ventilating and cooling system may include a shell and a plurality of fins. The shell may define an interior volume and may include an air inlet, a first air outlet and a second air outlet. The interior volume may define an airflow path between the air inlet and the first and second air outlets. The shell may be in fluid communication with a blower. The plurality of fins may be disposed in the airflow path between the air inlet and the first and second outlets. The plurality of fins may extend into the interior volume to distribute a first predetermined airflow amount to the first air outlet and a second predetermined airflow amount to the second air outlet.

Abstract: An aircraft air-conditioning system including an air-conditioning unit which is designed to provide cooled process air. A process air line conducts cooled process air provided by the air-conditioning unit into a working area of an aircraft cabin. A cooler supplies cooling energy to a device to be cooled which is provided in the working area of the aircraft cabin. Finally, the aircraft air-conditioning system includes a heat transfer arrangement which transfers waste heat generated by the cooler to process air flowing through the process air line.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a waste heat management system of an electric vehicle. In particular, a pump for controlling the flow of cooling fluid, an OBC cooling fluid line and a motor cooling fluid line which diverge in parallel from an outlet of a cooling fluid line of the fluid pump, and a heater core cooling fluid line and a radiator cooling fluid line which are respectively connected in parallel with a junction of an inlet of the fluid pump cooling fluid line and a junction of outlets of the heater core cooling fluid line and the radiator cooling fluid line, are interconnected to provide both heating and air-conditioning to the interior of the vehicle. Additionally, the present invention, also allows the motor to be preheated when the vehicle is not running.

Abstract: A heating unit can reduce the rate of power consumption for heating a vehicle, so that the running distance of the vehicle is increased and hence the battery charging cycle of the vehicle is prolonged. A heating unit of a vehicle heating system includes a casing made of a metal material capable of electromagnetically shielding microwaves, a support arranged in the hollow section of the casing, a plurality of microwave absorbing/heat emitting members arranged at the support and a microwave outputting unit arranged in the casing to output microwaves toward respective microwave absorbing/heat emitting members, blown air being heated by heat generated as a result of absorption of microwaves by the microwave absorbing/heat emitting members at the time for blown air to flow from the upstream side to the downstream side in the hollow sections of the microwave absorbing/heat emitting members.

Abstract: A heating and air conditioning device for motor-vehicles, comprises a unit for suctioning and supplying air (13) and a heating and air conditioning unit (1), including a heater (2) and an evaporator (3) and a mixing lid (4) for distributing the airflow coming from the supply unit (13) between said heater (2) and said evaporator (3). The heating and air conditioning unit comprises a single moveable element for distributing the conditioned airflow between one or more outlets arranged along a dashboard of a motor-vehicle, respectively adjacent to the windscreen, at the front on the dashboard or adjacent to the floor of the cabin of the motor-vehicle, to respectively actuate the DEFROST, VENT, FLOOR functions or their combination. At least part of the air supply unit (13), preferably at least one air intake (14) and one pipe (15) for supplying air including an air filter (16), and borne by a bodywork connected to a front bonnet (22) of the motor-vehicle which closes the engine compartment at the upper part.

Abstract: The invention relates to valve system configurations for an active warm-up (AWU) system for an automobile to improve warm-up conditions without delaying cabin warm-up or defrost times. More specifically, the invention relates to a system for heating/cooling transmission fluid of an automobile by controlling the source of the heat exchange fluid for transferring heat to/from the transmission fluid during different start-up conditions using a series of various valves arranged in series intermediate a first heat exchanger associated with cabin warm-up/defrost of the passenger compartment and a second heat exchanger for transferring heat to/from the transmission fluid.

Abstract: Condensation is suppressed from developing on a front face of an instrument panel main body. A instrument panel of the present invention is configured including: an instrument panel main body formed with a center air conditioning outlet and a center defroster outlet; a first panel that is joined to the instrument panel main body and is formed with a top side wall section that configures the vehicle top-bottom direction top side of a center air conditioning duct and a first wall section that configures part of a center defroster duct; and a second panel that is joined to the instrument panel main body and is formed with a bottom side wall section that configures the center air conditioning duct in combination with the top side wall section and a second wall section that configures the center defroster duct in combination with the first wall section.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle, that includes a module for controlling the air-conditioning group for adjusting the temperature inside the passenger compartment to a setpoint temperature, the control module being capable of correcting the temperature adjustment in the passenger compartment based on a received sunshine value in the passenger compartment. The system further includes a mechanism correcting the sunshine value to improve the correction of the temperature adjustment inside the passenger compartment particularly in cloudy conditions.

Abstract: Combined heating/hot water system (10) for a vehicle (12), comprising an air heating device (14), at least one air duct (20, 22, 24), by means of which the air heating device (14) is connected by air to an interior (30) of the vehicle (12) for heating, a fan (18), by means of which air heated in the air heating device (14) may be introduced into the interior (30) of the vehicle (12) for heating, a hot water reservoir (16) arranged in a recess (15) in the air heating device (14), a first pipe duct (36), by means of which the hot water reservoir (16) may be hydraulically connected to a tap (34) in the vehicle (12) and a second pipe duct (38), by means of which the hot water reservoir (16) is hydraulically coupled to a water tank (32), wherein at least one of the pipe ducts (36, 38) is arranged in one of the air ducts (20, 22, 24).

Abstract: A dual use of a heater core that enables heating the cabin, cooling the engine or both on demand regardless of the passenger's cabin heating and cooling requirements. This use of the heater core is enabled by an HVAC airbox system with a cooling door that can be selectively positioned such that at least some of the air moving through the heater core is directed to the underhood area of a vehicle thereby providing supplemental engine cooling on demand regardless of the passenger's cabin heating and cooling requirements. The cooling door can be positioned automatically by the Engine Control Unit (“ECU”) dependent on any parameter, or combination of parameters, of the engine such as the engine coolant temperature or the engine oil temperature. The blower speed and the position of the cooling door are adjusted by the ECU depending on the whether and how much supplemental engine cooling is required.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes layered in a layering direction, a side plate arranged most outside of the tubes in the layering direction, and a core plate extending in the layering direction. The side plate has an end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the core plate has a wall portion extending in the longitudinal direction. The end portion of the side plate has a brazing section brazed to an outer face of the wall portion of the core plate, and the end portion of the side plate has a through hole located in the brazing section.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle with supplemental thermal storage, the HVAC system having a length greater than a width and disposed with the length parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle between the front seats thereof. The HVAC system includes a blower assembly disposed beneath an instrument panel of the motor vehicle or inside an engine compartment. A thermal storage device in thermal communication with air caused to flow through the HVAC system.

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a primary HVAC unit and a supplemental heat exchanger. The primary HVAC unit is disposed within a passenger compartment region of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment. The supplemental heat exchanger is spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment region of the motor vehicle. The supplemental heat exchanger is configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an air inlet passage, a cargo compartment, a passenger compartment, a battery, and a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit. The battery is disposed in the cargo compartment. The HVAC unit is disposed between the engine and passenger compartments. The HVAC unit includes a first inlet, a second inlet, a third inlet, and an outlet all in fluid communication with one another. A recirculation door moves between a pass-through position and a recirculation position. A return air duct extends between the cargo compartment and the second inlet. The return air duct directs the flow of the heated air from the cargo compartment directly to the second inlet of the HVAC unit when the recirculation door is in the recirculation position.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a combined heating and cooling vapor compression system are provided. The apparatus may be a vehicle and may include a cabin, a vehicle battery, a Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS), and a vapor-compression system, having at least one controller, operable in a variety of modes selectable to facilitate cooling, heating, and dehumidification of the vehicle cabin. The method may include steps to adjust evaporator air temperature to control comfort, fogging and smell in the cabin by adjusting the compressor speed; regulate heat pump performance by adjusting the output of an electric heater and adjusting the flow of coolant through the RESS chiller; and evaluating and optimizing the discharge pressure and suction pressure of the compressor by adjusting the compressor speed and adjusting the coolant flow through the RESS chiller.

Abstract: A temperature-adjustment system for a vehicle includes temperature-adjustment passages and obtained by circularly connecting a battery, an inverter, a DC/DC converter, a traveling motor, and a pump that circulates the heat medium that adjusts temperatures by cooling/heating the heat generation elements, are provided. The temperature-adjustment passages and are provided with proportional valves that interrupt the flow of the heat medium and adjust the flow volume of the heat medium, an air flow-in part that introduces air into the battery temperature-adjustment passage, and a heat medium discharge part that discharges the heat medium from the temperature-adjustment passage to outside of the vehicle. The proportional valve, air flow-in part, battery, pump, and heat medium discharge part are preferably arranged in that order, and the proportional valve is closed and an air take-in valve and a heat medium discharge valve are opened.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner is disclosed having means to cool and heat air with three air paths, of which, two outer air paths have a common first temperature and an inner air path has a second temperature, wherein a means for controlling the air volume flow through the outer air paths and the inner air path is provided by two control elements which are configured jointly to be able to move in opposing directions.

Abstract: A cooling device for an electrical apparatus mounted on a rear side of a vehicle having a cooling airflow intake port in the vehicle interior at a lower section of a rear windshield, a supply unit which supplies a cooling airflow through the cooling airflow intake port to the electrical apparatus, a blocking unit for blocking solar radiation from coming onto the cooling airflow intake port through the rear windshield, and a control unit to control the blocking unit based on at least one of intensity of the solar radiation coming onto the cooling airflow intake port and a temperature of the cooling airflow.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cassette module for a HVAC system of a machine. The cassette module includes an outer case having a first side and a second side. The outer case includes a first flange disposed at the first side and a second flange disposed at the second flange such that the first flange is adapted to couple to a first HVAC duct and the second flange is adapted to couple to a second HVAC duct. The module also includes an evaporator assembly including at least one flange for coupling to the outer case. The evaporator assembly is at least partially enclosed by the outer case. A heater assembly also includes at least one flange for coupling to the outer case. The heater assembly is disposed adjacent to the evaporator assembly and is at least partially enclosed by the outer case.

Abstract: A cooling system of vehicle having a motor includes: a mainline that provides a coolant flow channel; a radiator that is installed at one side of the mainline; a pump that is installed at the other side of the mainline; a first branch line and a second branch line that are branched from the main line; a first heat emitter and second heat emitter that are installed at the first branch line and the second branch line, respectively; and a control valve that supplies a coolant necessary for the first heat emitter and the second heat emitter by controlling flow of a coolant flowing from the mainline to the first branch line or the second branch line. Therefore, by controlling a quantity of each coolant that is supplied to a first heat emitter including an inverter and a motor and a second heat emitter including a DC converter, a capacity of a coolant pump or an operation load can be reduced and thus entire cooling efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: A rear air conditioner for a vehicle including a discharge module mounted at an air outflow port of an air-conditioning case and having a discharge case and a rotary mode door; two face vents formed at both side walls of the discharge case; a floor vent formed at the center of the discharge case; and an air mixing zone formed inside the rotary mode door, thereby reducing the size of the air conditioner because a plurality of the vents are intensively arranged in the discharge case, enhancing installability due to the modulated components, reducing a temperature difference of the air discharged to the left and right sides inside the vehicle due to an improved mixability. The inside of the rotary mode door can be utilized as the air mixing zone. The degrees of opening of the face vents and the floor vent are controlled by the single mode door.

Abstract: Reversible thermal rectifiers for selectively controlling the direction of heat flow include a plurality of asymmetrically shaped objects disposed in a fluid medium, wherein each of the plurality of asymmetrically shaped objects include a refractive side and a reflective side such that heat flows past the plurality of asymmetrically shaped objects when approaching from the refractive side, and heat is reflected from the plurality of asymmetrically shaped objects when approaching from the reflective side, and a bidirectional field actuator system that selectively orients the plurality of asymmetrically shaped objects between a first orientation, wherein the reflective sides of the plurality of asymmetrically shaped objects face a first direction, and a second orientation, wherein the reflective sides of the plurality of asymmetrically shaped objects face a second direction, substantially opposite the first direction.

Abstract: An air conditioning system and a method of heating air flowing through a heater core of a HVAC module is disclosed. The method includes flowing essentially all of the air flowing through an evaporator through a heater core for all HVAC operating conditions. A flow control valve is opened long enough to allow a flow of hot coolant from an engine into the heater core. The valve is then closed to stop the flow of the hot coolant. When the temperature of the hot coolant is determined to have cooled to a predetermined temperature threshold, the flow control valve is then opened again to allow hot coolant to flow into the heater core.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, including: a refrigerant circulation channel that flows a refrigerant, the refrigerant circulation channel provided in a refrigeration cycle system including, as connected in a cyclic pattern, a compressor for the refrigerant, an outdoor heat-exchanger exchanging heat between the refrigerant and an outdoor air, an expansion valve reducing pressure of the refrigerant, and an air-conditioning heat-exchange circuit exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air to be introduced into a vehicle interior; and an equipment heat-exchange circuit connected in parallel to the circuit and exchanging heat between the refrigerant and in-vehicle equipment. The circuit includes a cooling heat-transfer medium circulation channel that circulates a heat-transfer medium for cooling.

Abstract: The present invention concerns in a broad aspect refrigeration systems, and, in particular, mobile refrigeration systems that are powered by compressed natural gas. The system efficiently stores compressed natural gas (CNG) and converts the CNG to natural gas that can be used to power a refrigeration unit throughout the course of a day independently of the refrigeration vehicle's main engine thereby reducing operational costs and minimizing harmful emissions. The system includes a compressed natural gas storage source providing compressed natural gas, a regulator receiving the compressed natural gas and converting it to natural gas by reducing the pressure, a generator adapted to run on natural gas and output power in single or 3-phase mode and to receive the output of the Regulator; and a refrigeration unit powered by the generator.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for use in a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, including a plurality of first and second tubes; a first heat exchanger section, a boundary portion, and a second heat exchanger section; a plurality of first fins disposed on the first heat exchanger section and a plurality of second fins disposed on the second heat exchanger section; and a partition member formed at the boundary portion, wherein the partition member is made of a synthetic resin or synthetic rubber and in contact with the plurality of the first and second tubes and end surfaces of the plurality of the first and second fins at the boundary portion such that the partition member blocks the air from flowing between the first heat exchanger section and the second heat exchanger section.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a cooling means including a radiator, a cooling fan sending wind to the radiator, a reservoir tank connected with the radiator to store a cooling fluid, and a water pump circulating the cooling fluid. A water cooling type condenser is connected with the cooling line to condense a two-phase refrigerant, in which a superheated steam refrigerant, gas, and liquid are mixed through heat exchange with the cooling fluid. An air cooling type condenser is connected with the water cooling type condenser through a refrigerant line in series to condense the refrigerant through heat exchange with external air flowing in while driving and to discharge the condensed refrigerant to a receiver drier.

Abstract: Disclosed therein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes an evaporator and a storage tank getting in surface contact with each other, thereby doubling a cold storage effect by directly transferring cold air of the evaporator to the storage tank in a cooling mode, maximizing the cold storage effect because condensate water generated from the surface of the evaporator additionally cools the surface of the storage tank, and effectively enhancing heat-exchanging performance without increasing capacity of the storage tank. The air conditioner further includes heat-exchanging means mounted inside the storage tank so as to enhance the heat exchange performance of a heat carrier more.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for an aircraft passenger compartment, the system including: an air supply circuit connecting at least one external air inlet to at least one air distribution outlet which opens into the compartment, an auxiliary power unit mounted in the supply circuit and configured to compress an air stream in the supply circuit, the supply circuit including a heating first branch that connects the auxiliary power unit to the air distribution outlet, and in which a heating mechanism is mounted, a cooling second branch that connects the auxiliary power unit to the air distribution outlet, and a switching mechanism configured to distribute the air stream between the heating first branch and the cooling second branch.

Abstract: The invention is a Battery-Operated Auxiliary Power Unit that adds an independent supplementary heating and air conditioning system to a truck's sleeping quarters that is capable of controlling the temperature of the sleeper compartment during the off period without running his truck motor and creating needless pollution.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing loss of a cooling fluid from a boiler in an aircraft by incorporating an absorber material is provided. In some aspects, an apparatus may include a base section, a top section, a cooling fluid, and an absorber material disposed in the base section. The absorber material may be configured to retain the cooling fluid therein. The apparatus may further include a barrier disposed between the base and top sections. The barrier may be configured to retain the absorber material in the base section while allowing the cooling fluid to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A device for thermal conditioning includes a cooling fluid circuit, a heat transfer fluid circuit, and a fluid/fluid heat exchanger that is intended to enable thermal exchange between the cooling fluid and the heat transfer fluid. The cooling fluid circuit includes at least one compressor, a first outer heat exchanger through which an outer air flow passes and a first evaporator. The heat transfer fluid circuit includes at least a first inner heat exchanger, a first heat source and a second outer heat exchanger through which the outer air flow passes. The cooling fluid circuit includes a second evaporator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an air conditioner (1) for treating the air of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The air conditioner (1) exhibits a refrigerant circuit (2) configured for a combined cooling unit and heat-pump mode and for a post-heating mode. In the heat-pump mode with a first and a second heat source, two heat sources differing from each other can be used. A temperature of the first heat source, a temperature of the second heat source, and a regulation characteristic number and a maximum pressure are taken into account in the refrigerant circuit (2) for operating the air conditioner (1) in a heat-pump mode. The invention additionally relates to a method for switching between the two heat-pump modes.

Abstract: A vehicle heat exchange structure is obtained that is capable of employing a functional component installed in a vehicle to cool a power unit. A vehicle heat exchange structure includes: a heater core that heats air by heat exchange between the air and a heating medium circulating between the power unit and the heater core; and an exhaust duct and an exhaust damper that switch within plural modes including a first mode that introduces air that has been heated by the heater core into a vehicle compartment as air conditioning air, and a second mode that expels air that has been heated by the heater core to outside the vehicle.

Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein. In addition, air that is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit, and which is heated by the heater core, is blown from the fifth front passage alongside the heater core directly into the sixth front passage via sub-defroster dampers, and is blown out toward the front seat of the vehicle from a defroster blow-out port, which is disposed in the sixth front passage.

Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first partitioning member and a second partitioning member are installed at a boundary position between a first cooling section and a second cooling section of an evaporator. The evaporator is separated into the first cooling section and the second cooling section by the first and second partitioning members. In the case that air is not blown in either one of the passages that are disposed in the first cooling section and the second cooling section, air that flows through the other of the passages is prevented from flowing into the one passage through the interior of the evaporator.

Abstract: A thermal conditioning system for the energy storage system of a hybrid vehicle. At least one auxiliary air source, other than a permanently open air source, has a selectively operable actuator door which either connects or disconnects the auxiliary air source to the energy storage system blower, the air flow being selected to optimally temperature condition the energy storage system. The auxiliary air source preferably includes the HVAC ducting.

Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises an exhaust line, at least one exhaust gas aftertreatment device arranged in the exhaust line, and a heat source and a heat sink arranged in separate branches of the exhaust line upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an exhaust gas flow rate through each respective separate exhaust branch controlled by at least one flow control device. In this way, the temperature of the exhaust entering the aftertreatment device may be controlled by an amount of exhaust that flows through each branch of the exhaust line.

Abstract: A vehicle climate control system includes a thermal-adsorption heat pump driven by engine exhaust heat, the heat pump including two adsorbers asynchronously switching between adsorbing and desorbing modes, each adsorber coupled with a corresponding antifreeze tank via a plurality of refrigerant-containing wick chambers. Cold heat transfer fluid (HTF) flows through the adsorber during the adsorbing mode which causes evaporation of refrigerant from the wick chambers, thereby cooling antifreeze, whereas hot HTF flows through the adsorber during the desorbing mode which causes condensation of refrigerant at the wick chambers, thereby heating antifreeze. In this way, the thermal-adsorption heat pump may condition cabin air independent of engine coolant and without exerting a load on the engine.

Abstract: In a vehicle air conditioner, air in the first flow path flows sequentially through outside air intake opening (112), blower fan (102), evaporator (103), condenser (104), and the inside of vehicle, and air in the second flow path flows sequentially through inside air intake opening (116), sensible heat exchanger (101), and the outside of the vehicle. Sensible heat exchanger (101) exchanges heat between outside air introduced from outside air intake opening (112) by the suction force of blower fan (102), and inside air passing through the first flow path and the inside of vehicle and introduced in the second flow path by the blowing force of blower fan (102). Sensible heat exchanger (101) uses drain hose (201) discharging drain water created in cooling the outside air by evaporator (103) to the outside of vehicle, to discharge the inside air for which heat was exchanged to the outside of vehicle.

Abstract: A control part outputs a signal demanding an engine start when it is determined that a temperature of cooling water detected by a water temperature detector is lower than a threshold. In a normal state where conditioned-air is blown off to a predetermined seat and the other seats, the control part lowers the threshold according to an increase in a heat amount emitted from an auxiliary heating element based on the operating state of the auxiliary heating element. When a predetermined seat air conditioning command is provided to air-condition the predetermined seat, as a control of a predetermined seat state, the control part controls an opening-and-closing part to close an air outlet and further lowers the threshold rather than the threshold controlled in the normal state.

Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one battery cell, an evaporator disposed adjacent the at least one battery cell in thermal communication therewith, the evaporator including porous media and a collector in communication with the porous media, and a coolant storage unit in incoming and outgoing fluid communication with the evaporator.

Abstract: An HVAC system for a work vehicle having an operator compartment for a vehicle operator, the system including a heating system, a compartment pressurizer blower, a compartment recirculation blower, a temperature sensor, and an operating mode switch, each operably coupled to an electronic circuit, wherein the circuit is configured to reduce pressurizer blower output when the operator selects high output from the heating system under certain predetermined temperature and conditions and operating modes to improve HVAC system performance.

Abstract: A method and a device for influencing the temperature of at least one electromechanical component situated in a motor vehicle, in which a transmission situated in the motor vehicle is cooled by a transmission oil flowing in a transmission cooling circuit. A cooling circuit branch is provided for influencing the temperature of the electromechanical component. The transmission oil also flows in the cooling circuit branch as a heat carrier. The flow rate of the transmission oil in the cooling circuit branch is influenced for influencing the temperature of the electromechanical component as a function of the setpoint operating temperature and/or the actual operating temperature of the electromechanical component.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include systems for heating and cooling the interior climate of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the system comprises a conduit having a first fluid channel, a second fluid channel, a fluid diversion channel configured to divert fluid flow between the first and second channels, and a thermoelectric device operatively connected to the fluid conduit. In certain embodiments, the thermoelectric device comprises a plurality of thermal zones. In some embodiments, the plurality of thermal zones comprises a first thermal zone connected to a first electric circuit switchable between a first polarity and a second polarity and a second thermal zone connected to a second electric circuit switchable between the first polarity and the second polarity independent of the polarity of the first electric circuit.

Abstract: A rear HVAC system for a motor vehicle including a housing, an airflow generator, an evaporator, and a heater. The housing is configured to be mounted adjacent to a rear wheel well and a D-pillar of the motor vehicle. The evaporator and the heater are mounted within the housing. Both the evaporator and the heater are between a vehicle floor and a line that is both generally parallel to the floor and tangent to an upper surface of the rear wheel well when the housing is installed in the vehicle.