Vehicle Contained Common Power And Heat Supply Patents (Class 165/43)
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Publication number: 20150052893Abstract: A heat exchanger may include a gas conduit flowable through by a predetermined gas and a heat conduit flowable through by a predetermined fluid compound working fluid. The heat conduit may be in thermal communication with the gas conduit. The heat exchanger may include a first section having a first section length, a second section having a second section length, and a third section having a third section length. The gas conduit may span, in a direction of flow of the gas, the first section, the second section, and the third section. The heat conduit may span, in a direction of flow of the working fluid, the third section, the first section, and the second section. The first section may include a gas inlet and the third section may include a working fluid inlet and a gas outlet. The section may include a working fluid outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Peter Geskes, Klaus Irmler, Eberhard Pantow, Michael Schmidt
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Publication number: 20150041553Abstract: An onboard air conditioning device wherein the heating capability of air conditioning is improved, and gas is prevented from flowing into the vehicle interior even in the unlikely event that gas is produced by a battery. In this device, one end of an air flow channel is connected to an air conditioning unit for blowing temperature-regulated air into a vehicle interior, and the other end opens into the vehicle interior. The air flow channel draws air into the vehicle interior from the opening, the intake air is passed through a battery and heated by heat exchange, and the air is then sent to the air conditioning unit. The air conditioning unit sends the air from the air flow channel to a sensible heat exchanger, and after this air undergoes heat exchange with air taken in from another channel, the air is exhausted out of the vehicle interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Katsuji Taniguchi, Yoshitoshi Noda, Tomohiro Terada
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Patent number: 8950467Abstract: A seat air-conditioning system for automotive vehicles includes an air-conditioning unit for generating cold air or hot air, a driver seat including a seat portion provided with a plurality of air discharge holes through which to discharge the cold air or the hot air to the outside, a front passenger seat including a seat portion provided with a plurality of air discharge holes through which to discharge the cold air or the hot air to the outside, an outlet duct mounted to the air-conditioning unit for drawing the cold air or the hot air from the air-conditioning unit therethrough, a seat duct connected to the outlet duct for supplying the cold air or the hot air to the driver seat and the front passenger seat therethrough, and a seat blower attached to the outlet duct for blowing the cold air or the hot air at an increased flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Halla Visteon Climate Control CorporationInventors: Dae Woong Lee, Jong Su Kim, Soo-Yong Jin
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Publication number: 20150034272Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for the thermal management of a vehicle cabin and of at least one electric component (13) of an electric drivetrain of said vehicle, comprising a heat-transfer fluid circuit (3) through which there flows a heat-transfer fluid and comprising at least—a first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) made up of at least a first pump (7), a heat source and an internal heat exchanger (9) able to heat the cabin, and—a second heat-transfer fluid loop (5) in parallel with the first loop (4) and interconnected therewith by a first interconnection device (6), the second loop (5) comprising at least a first exchanger (11) of the electric component (13), characterized in that the heat source forms one and the same heat source able to heat the heat-transfer fluid circulating in the first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) and/or in the second heat-transfer fluid loop (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Samer Saab, Bernard Aoun
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Patent number: 8944144Abstract: The heating-ventilation and/or air-conditioning device for a motor vehicle passenger compartment comprises modules grouped substantially at the same horizontal level, namely at least one ventilation module (14) arranged to produce a pulsed air flow, a heating module (12) to be located in a central region of the passenger compartment and having heat exchangers (32, 34, 36) through which the air flow from the ventilation module can pass, and at least one distribution module (16) having an air inlet connected to a side air outlet (46d, 46g) of the heating module. The device of this invention may be installed in a vehicle passenger compartment having no central console.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Gilles Elliot, Philippe Pierres, Serge Pouysegur
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Patent number: 8936069Abstract: Provided is a vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit capable of improving the performance of a side demister in a foot mode where a DEF damper is set to a small degree of opening, and capable of securing window clearness of side window glass.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Noriyuki Chikagawa, Tomoki Izawa
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Patent number: 8931547Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes an electric powered refrigerant compressing device, an evaporator, an electric heater, an air temperature determining component, a cabin interior temperature controlling component, an upper limit electric power setting component, and an electric power distribution controller. The evaporator receives refrigerant from the compressing device. The heater is downstream of the evaporator in an air passageway. The determining component determines a first air temperature upstream of the evaporator and a second air temperature between the evaporator and the heater. The controlling component sets a vehicle interior discharge air temperature at a position downstream of the heater to a target temperature. The power setting component sets an upper limit for power supplied to the compressing device and the heater.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tzu-Hsiang Yen, Takayoshi Matsuoka, Takafumi Uehara
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Publication number: 20140374081Abstract: A heat medium discharge side of a first pump and a heat medium discharge side of a second pump are connected to a first switching valve in parallel with each other. Respective heat medium inlet sides of a plurality of temperature adjustment devices are connected to the first switching valve in parallel with each other. Respective heat medium outlet sides of the temperature adjustment devices are connected to a second switching valve in parallel with each other. A heat medium suction side of the first pump and a heat medium suction side of the second pump are connected to the second switching valve in parallel with each other. Each of the temperature adjustment devices is switched between a state in which the heat medium circulates between the device and the first pump, and another state in which the heat medium circulates between the device and the second pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Nobuharu Kakehashi, Takashi Yamanaka, Masayuki Takeuchi
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Patent number: 8905321Abstract: An apparatus is provided that quickly elevates and maintain a construction equipment engine coolant to operating temperature in order to lower the dwell time for the operator's cab to reach a comfortable temperature level during a period when the engine is in idle and main crane functions are not operated. The apparatus includes an auxiliary hydraulic circuit for rapidly bringing engine coolant temperature up to operating temperature. Engine coolant operating temperature is achieved by inducing a hydraulic load to the engine. By inducing a hydraulic load, a horsepower load is exerted on the engine causing the engine to generate heat sufficient to raise the engine coolant to operating temperature for heating the cabin. A pressure reducing relieving valve and a pilot operated relief valve result in precise hydraulic horsepower load to the construction equipment engine. Operation of the pilot operated relief valve also warms hydraulic fluid for a hydraulic reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Manitowoc Crane Companies, LLCInventor: Timothy F. Elliott
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Publication number: 20140342260Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes: a cooling system that adjusts a temperature of a fuel cell; a waste heat collection unit that collects at least a part of waste heat from the fuel cell and uses the collected waste heat to heat a cabin interior of the fuel cell vehicle; and a heat creation unit that creates heat for heating the fuel cell vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle air-conditioning apparatus calculates a fuel consumption amount required for the fuel cell to generate a total power generation amount, which is a sum of a heating power generation amount and a travel power generation amount, calculates an optimum temperature, which is a temperature of the fuel cell at which the fuel consumption amount reaches a minimum, and controls the cooling system such that the temperature of the fuel cell reaches the optimum temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Koyama, Yuichi Sakajo, Keigo Suematsu
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Patent number: 8869876Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. DiGasbarro, Simon Kehimkar
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Patent number: 8866336Abstract: A line voltage device with an auxiliary power connection for a bathing installation. An exemplary embodiment of the device includes a housing structure, and a primary electrical power connection connected to the housing structure and including a primary wiring cable for connection to a line voltage source. A load system is disposed within or adjacent the housing and configured for powered operation by electrical power from the primary electrical power connection. An auxiliary power connection is provided for electrical connection to a separate bathing installation device to provide power to the separate device. A wiring circuit is disposed within or adjacent the housing structure and electrically couples the primary electrical power connection and the auxiliary power connection so that line voltage power is shared between the load system and the separate bathing installation device.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Balboa Water Group, Inc.Inventor: Graham J. Campbell
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Patent number: 8863540Abstract: An HVAC system to be installed in a vehicle comprises a battery management controller. The battery management controller comprises at least one connection for electrically coupling a first power source with a first voltage; at least one connection for electrically coupling a second power source with a second voltage; and a first memory storage device configured to record data collected by the battery management controller. The battery management controller is configured to run a temperature control system and to supply power to the temperature control system from a combination of the first and second power sources with a combined voltage, and wherein the second power source is disconnected when the combined voltage drops below a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Crosspoint Solutions, LLCInventors: Gerald Allen Alston, Ethan Petersen
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Patent number: 8851153Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd., Halla Climate Control CorporationInventors: Hee Sang Park, Hyun Kim, June Kyu Park, Jun Mo Ku, Moo Yong Kim, Soon Jong Lee, Tae Wan Kim
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Publication number: 20140290296Abstract: A heat exchange system includes a first heat exchanger that radiates heat of at least a cooling cycle, a cooler circuit in which a coolant for a heat-emitting device flows, a plurality of heat exchangers that are connected to the cooler circuit and radiate heat of the coolant, and a blower that sends air to the first heat exchanger and the plurality of heat exchangers to cool. The plurality of heat exchangers are arranged in a blowing direction of the blower, and separately radiate heat of the cooler circuit. The heat exchanger, which is disposed on the windward side, of the plurality of heat exchangers is thermally connected to the first heat exchanger, and the heat exchanger disposed on the windward side radiates heat by itself and also radiates heat through the first heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventor: Yoshiki Katoh
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Patent number: 8839845Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per AzioniInventors: Fabrizio Mattiello, Angelo Storgato, Chiara Vicari, Giuseppe Chiabotto, Alessio Sarcoli
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Patent number: 8821225Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Niwa, Yasunobu Yamazaki, Toru Kondo
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Publication number: 20140223950Abstract: A temperature control system for vehicles includes an evaporator constituting an air-conditioning system, a heater core, which is installed to be proximate to the evaporator, and heat-exchanges with the peripheral air while a coolant flows inside, a first coolant circulation line, which is connected to the heater core and allows the coolant heated by the engine to circulate between the heater core and the engine, a coolant storage, in which the coolant through the heater core is stored, and a second coolant circulation line, by which the heater core and the coolant storage are connected, and which allows the coolant to circulate between the heater core and the coolant storage, wherein the coolant cooled in the heater core by the heat-exchange between the evaporator and the heater core circulates along the second coolant circulation line to be stored in the coolant storage during the operation of the air-conditioning system, and the coolant stored in the coolant storage circulates along the second coolant circType: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Bo Janeling, Michael Willix, Pekka Ollila
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Publication number: 20140224449Abstract: A tractor-trailer truck engine coolant manifold comprises a first supply port for receiving coolant from an engine or radiator, and a first return port for returning coolant to the engine or radiator. The manifold also has a second supply port in fluid communication with the first supply port, and a second return port in fluid communication with the first return port. Further, the manifold can have a third supply port in fluid communication with the first supply port, and a third return port in fluid communication with the first return port. The coolant manifold can further have one or more internal flow paths that are configured so that coolant flow rate or pressure exiting one supply port is different from the coolant flow rate or pressure exiting from another supply port, pre-selected based upon the thermal requirements of the heat source or heat sink components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA,LLC.Inventor: Hans Fredric Valfridsson
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Patent number: 8800642Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshihide Ninagawa, Hidetake Kuwahara
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Patent number: 8740103Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2008Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Gregory A. Major, Edwin J. Stanke
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Patent number: 8739859Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Michael Paul Rowe
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Publication number: 20140116673Abstract: An air conditioner for an electric vehicle is provided, which may minimize both use of a battery and use of an engine to heat an interior space of the electric vehicle, thereby increasing mileage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Chisuk Kang, Jinmun Kim, Jaeyoung Won, Donghyuk Lee
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Publication number: 20140110490Abstract: A vehicle includes a motor generator, and a heater core for adjusting a temperature in a vehicle compartment by using operating oil supplied to the motor generator. The heater core includes a tube in a first region that connects between an inlet portion and an outlet portion, a tube in a second region that connects between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, and a first adjusting valve for shutting off, where a temperature of the operating oil is lower than a prescribed temperature range, flow of the operating oil in the tube in the second region by being changed to a closed position, and for adjusting an amount of flow of the operating oil in the tube in the second region in accordance with the temperature of the operating oil where the temperature of the operating oil is within the prescribed temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kunihiko Arai
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Publication number: 20140110081Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed that has multiple coolant paths selected by control of a three-way valve in which the position of the valve is detectable. A method for detecting the valve position during fault conditions is disclosed. The vehicle has a heating system that includes a first coolant loop with a heating source, a water pump, and a heater core. The heating system also has a second coolant loop that includes an engine and a second water pump, in addition to the elements of the first coolant loop. Temperature sensors are located in each coolant loop. A three-way valve fault is detected by monitoring the behavior of the temperature sensors in response to the position of the three-way valve and the status of the heating sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Angel Fernando Porras
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Patent number: 8701426Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Frank E. Mills
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Patent number: 8633424Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: CNH America LLCInventors: Leonid Chernyavsky, William H. Adamson, Alan G. Leupold, Nicholas J. Prenger, Mark D. Klassen, Michael C. Bunnel
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Patent number: 8632923Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Kwon Sohn
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Patent number: 8607855Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning system for a motor-driven vehicle, having a refrigerant circuit (20) with a plurality of heat exchangers (4, 24) through which a refrigerant can be conducted for an exchange of heat with the air which flows through them, with it being possible for the heat exchangers (4, 24) to be operated as heaters or as evaporators as a function of the operating state of the air-conditioning system, and at least one third heat exchanger (16) is provided in the refrigerant circuit (20), which third heat exchanger (16) serves for an exchange of heat with a coolant circuit (13) which is formed separately from the refrigerant circuit (20). The vehicle can be both a motor vehicle and also a fuel-cell-driven vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignees: Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Behr America, Inc., Behr France Rouffach SASInventors: Günther Feuerecker, Karl Lochmahr, Frank Müller, Dirk Neumeister, Thomas Strauβ, Marcus Weinbrenner, Richard Obradovich, Gunnar Schlinke, Christophe Schmittheisler
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Patent number: 8602091Abstract: There is provided an air-cooling structure for a vehicle-mounted object is capable of taking in a sufficient amount of air. The top end of an air suction part 36 is opened extremely near an air deflector 20 behind the air deflector 20. With this, an air flow W4 prevented from flowing to a vehicle compartment space 12 by the air deflector 20 is introduced to the top end of the air suction part 36 and flows into the interior of the air suction part 36. In this manner, the air flow W4 flowing at a speed corresponding to the running speed of a vehicle 10 flows into the interior of the air suction part 36, so that even though the air flow W4 is the outside air, the air flow W4 can effectively air-cool a battery 34 installed in a battery housing part 32.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Tyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Atsuki Nemoto
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Publication number: 20130283842Abstract: The invention relates to a climate-control device (501) for a vehicle, having a thermal energy store (1105), wherein a gas recycler (1301) is formed for conditioning a gas mixture which is situated in a passenger compartment (1103) of the vehicle (1101). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for regulating a climate in a passenger compartment (1103) of a vehicle (1101).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Joerg Heyse, Anton Dukart, Thomas Demmer, Martin Fischer, Jens Ritzert, Michael Ritter
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Publication number: 20130240175Abstract: An air conditioning device for air conditioning an interior and/or a component of an electric vehicle includes multiple fluid circuits having respective working media and configured for heating and cooling the electric vehicle. A first fluid circuit is designed for heating the interior of the electric vehicle via the first heat exchanger. A second fluid circuit is designed for heating the first evaporator. A third fluid circuit is designed for heating or cooling the interior of the electric vehicle. A fourth fluid circuit is designed for heating the interior of the electric vehicle via the first heat exchanger. A fifth fluid circuit is designed for cooling the heat source of the component of the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventor: Oliver Tschismar
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Publication number: 20130219941Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated unit packaged on a vehicle for providing electricity, air-conditioning and heating to a space remote from the vehicle. The unit includes an electric generator system, a ventilation system, a refrigeration cycle system, each of which is powered by the electric generator system, a heater that is also powered by the electric generator system and electrical outlets that are also powered by the electric generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventors: Irvin L. French, Samuel D. Markel
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Patent number: 8511371Abstract: An air conditioner for an automobile includes a foot door (11) and a mixing area. The foot door has a partition wall, and is movable at least between an advanced position where the partition wall reaches a state of blocking an air flow from a merging area to the downstream side in an air passage, and a retreated position where the partition wall retreats from the advanced position in the air passage. The mixing area is provided in the air passage while the partition wall is located in the advanced position, and is designed to cause the air flowing from a cold air passage and the air flowing from a hot air passage into the merging area to mix up more by using the partition wall to block the air flowing from the merging area to the downstream side. Thus, the air conditioner is designed to cause the air to flow into the discharge passage systems via the mixing area.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventors: Masaharu Onda, Ryuji Tsukuda, Hiromichi Yanashima
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Patent number: 8495893Abstract: A hybrid apparatus for cooling water and air while heating water and storing heated water includes a refrigeration system, a first water tank, a water inlet and heat transfer unit for transferring heat from the refrigeration system into a portion of the water from the water inlet. The apparatus also has a conduit for delivering heated water to a first insulated water tank and to a tap for drawing off heated water. In addition, the cooler has a water cooling system and a conduit for cooling a portion of the water from the water inlet and delivering the cooled water to a second water tank. A conduit is also provided for drawing water from the second water tank to a tap of cold water. Further, the cooler includes an air cooler that has a coil and a water pump for pumping cooled water through the coil plus a fan for blowing air across the coil to thereby cool the air.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Inventor: Ali Alajimi
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Publication number: 20130175022Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle includes a motor circuit for cooling a motor circuit thermal load, a cabin heating circuit for heating a cabin heater and a battery circuit for managing the temperature of a battery circuit thermal load. All of these circuits can fluidically communicate with each other and a single radiator can cool the fluid from all of these circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: July 11, 2013Inventors: Jonathan King, Rick Rajaie, Richard A. DeVogelaere, Adam J. Naish
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Patent number: 8474513Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning system (1), especially an automotive air-conditioning system, which comprises a multi-part air conduction housing (1) and components disposed therein, such as at least one heater (H: h). The air conduction housing (1), in the area of at least one component, is configured as a replacement part, especially in the form of a part to be pushed in.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Evripidis Koukouravas, Michael Roth
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Patent number: 8443873Abstract: In a heater core that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a plurality of first and second tubes are provided through which heated water flows through the interior thereof, and fins having louvers therein are disposed between the first and second tubes. Further, the heater core is equipped with a first heating section, which faces toward a first front passage through which air from a first blower unit flows, and a second heating section, which faces toward a first rear passage through which air from a second blower unit flows. Between the first heating section and the second heating section, a partitioning fin is disposed for blocking communication of air mutually between the first and second heating sections. Additionally, the first and second tubes are arranged in parallel to the direction in which the partitioning fin extends.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignees: Keihin Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyosuke Nanaumi, Takahiro Seto, Tsunetoshi Kitamura, Shinji Kakizaki, Junichi Kanemaru
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Patent number: 8443872Abstract: In an evaporator that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, first fins having louvers therein are arranged between first and second tubes. Together therewith, a second fin, which does not have any louvers therein, is provided at a boundary portion between a first cooling section, which faces toward a first front passage through which air from a first blower unit flows, and a second cooling section, which faces toward a first rear passage through which air from a second blower unit flows. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of a casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by the first cooling section, which is partitioned by the second fin, whereas air supplied from the second blower unit passes through the second cooling section, which is partitioned from the first cooling section by the second fin.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Keihin CorporationInventor: Takahiro Seto
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Publication number: 20130098577Abstract: A climate control system (26) for a cabin (22) of an electric vehicle (10) has at least one liquid-to-air heat exchanger (38) in heat exchange relation with air in the cabin and a set of control valves for selectively placing the climate control system in a cabin heating mode of operation in which hot liquid circulates through a hot liquid flow loop (42) and in a cabin cooling mode of operation in which cold liquid circulates through a cold liquid flow loop (44). An electric compressor motor (30M) is operated by electricity from a battery bank (16) for operating a refrigerant compressor (30C) to circulate refrigerant in a refrigerant loop that comprises a refrigerant-to-liquid hot side heat exchanger (32) that provides the hot liquid and a refrigerant-to-liquid cold side heat exchanger (36) that provides the cold liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLCInventor: Gerald L. Larson
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Patent number: 8403234Abstract: A compact hydronic space and water heating apparatus and system is disclosed for use in a recreational vehicle. A liquid heating medium, stored within a low pressure tank, is recirculated through a gas fired heater thereby maintaining a desired set point temperature. The liquid heating medium is further circulated through the vehicles hydronic space heaters to heat the interior of the vehicle. Further fresh domestic water is passed through a heat transfer coil within the tank whereby hot domestic water may be provided. An auxiliary heating device is attached to the tank whereby hot combustion engine coolant may assist in maintaining the temperature of the liquid heating medium within the tank and/or reversed to pre heat the combustion engine if and when needed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Inventor: Gerry Wolter
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Patent number: 8381540Abstract: An installable HVAC system used for a vehicle is disclosed. The HVAC system includes a housing, a compressor, a motor operatively coupled to the compressor; a condenser in fluid communication with the compressor; and a power management controller configured to run the motor with power from a given power source. The compressor, the motor, the condenser, and the power management controller are located within the housing. The housing is configured to attach to an existing HVAC system of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Crosspoint Solutions, LLCInventor: Gerald Allen Alston
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Patent number: 8376819Abstract: Temperature control system at the outlet from at least one distribution opening (10, 11) of a transit chamber (30) of a heating and air conditioning device. According to the invention, said system comprises a plurality of air ducts (20, 50) passing through the transit chamber (30) as far as the distribution opening (10, 11). Automobile vehicle ventilation, heating and air conditioning application.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques S.A.S.Inventors: Philipe Vincent, Richard Sikorski, Agnes Girardin, Joseph Spryshak
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Patent number: 8361422Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for heating a solid or liquid reducing material such as an urea-containing material for NOx selective catalytic reduction (‘SCR’) using a heat stored in a thermal energy storage material, such as a phase change material. The stored heat may be heat from an exhaust waste, such as from an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The reducing material may be a solid reducing material. Other reducing materials include aqueous solutions such as an aqueous solution containing, consisting essentially of, or consisting of urea and water. In one aspect, the process may include a step of evaporating an aqueous solution of urea for immediate urea hydrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Andrey Soukhojak, David H. Bank
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Patent number: 8327654Abstract: An apparatus to rotate a cooling fan may employ an engine coolant radiator having a radiator inlet tank attached at an end of the radiator. The radiator inlet tank may be filled with engine coolant and transfer heat into a fan system evaporator contained inside the radiator inlet tank. The tank may contain a liquid working fluid capable of absorbing heat from the engine coolant and becoming a gaseous working fluid. A gas expander with an impeller may be employed to receive the gaseous working fluid from the fan system evaporator and impart rotation in a shaft to which the impeller of the gas expander and cooling fan is attached. A fan system condenser may receive the gaseous working fluid from the gas expander and condense the gaseous working fluid to form a liquid working fluid. A pump pumps the liquid working fluid back to the fan system evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.Inventor: Dwayne Robert Taylor
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Patent number: 8311691Abstract: An HV-ECU performs a step of detecting an atmospheric pressure, a step of calculating a maximum value of a boost voltage corresponding to the atmospheric pressure by using a map, and a step of setting the maximum value as a system voltage value and controlling a DC/DC converter. Moreover, the HV-ECU may calculate a resistance value of a gate resistance of a switching element corresponding to the atmospheric pressure by using the map and control the gate resistance to achieve the set resistance value.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Katsunari Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8302669Abstract: A louver for an air-conduction housing of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system includes a plurality of regions. The plurality of regions are arranged directly adjacent to one another to facilitate air stratification and are subdivided by partitions which are part of the louver. At least one of the regions is configured as a drum-type louver.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ronny Kiel, Wolfgang Dieksander, Erich Litwing
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Patent number: 8302674Abstract: An air conditioning system, which can automatically remove a malodor generated due to condensate water remaining in an evaporator during a predetermined period of time after operation of an air conditioner or turning-off of the air conditioner and control a filtering mode time of a filter to filter an air. The air conditioning system characteristically comprises a shiftable deodorization filter (30 or 40) located on a flow channel of the cool air passageway and operationally moved to a filtering mode position so as to screen the flow channel of the cool air passageway during a predetermined period of time after an air conditioner is turned on or off, whereby the air passing through the cool air passageway C and a malodor contained in the air are filtered.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corp.Inventors: Jae-Ho Kim, Yong-Jun Jee, Seong-Seok Han
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Publication number: 20120241139Abstract: A unified heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanging arrangement and a second heat exchanging arrangement. The first heat exchanging arrangement is adapted to exchange heat between high pressure refrigerant and conditioning air. The second heat exchanging arrangement is adapted to exchange heat between low pressure refrigerant and the conditioning air. The first heat exchanging arrangement and the second heat exchanging arrangement are integrated together and are arranged to enable heat exchange of the conditioning air with both of the high pressure refrigerant and the low pressure refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiki Katoh, Satoshi Itoh
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Patent number: 8274378Abstract: A remote climate control system is for an electric vehicle without a combustion engine and including a rechargeable electrical power source and an electrical heater selectively powered thereby, a sensor associated with the rechargeable electrical power source, and a data communications bus extending throughout the electric vehicle. At least one of the electrical heater and the sensor is coupled to the data communications bus. The remote climate control system includes a remote transmitter and a receiver to be positioned at the electric vehicle for receiving signals from the remote transmitter. A vehicle remote climate controller cooperates with the receiver and to be coupled to the data communications bus extending within the electric vehicle for communication thereover to selectively operate the electrical heater responsive to the sensor and the remote transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Omega Patents, L.L.C.Inventor: Kenneth E. Flick