Vehicle Installation Patents (Class 165/202)
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Patent number: 12196461Abstract: A heat request arbitration device includes: a first thermal circuit; a second thermal circuit; a third thermal circuit having path patterns that are selectable as a path that is heat exchangeable with each of the first thermal circuit and the second thermal circuit; and heat source units configured to absorb heat or radiate heat via a heat medium circulating in at least one of the thermal circuits; a derivation unit configured to derive requests related to heat flow control of heat absorbed or radiated by each of the heat source units; and a selection unit configured to select a path for at least one of the thermal circuits so as to satisfy at least one of the requests related to the heat flow control based on the requests related to the heat flow control derived by the derivation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Kawabe, Ryuichi Wada, Makoto Ikegami
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Patent number: 12172490Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line configured to generate hot energy or cold energy depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant, a heater core side coolant circulation line configured to transfer refrigerant heat generated in the refrigerant circulation line to a heater core to heat a passenger compartment, and a battery side coolant circulation line configured to receive coolant heat of the heater core side coolant circulation line via a coolant and then circulate the coolant through a battery to preheat the battery.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Hyeon Gyu Kim, Doo Hoon Kim, Kyung Ju An, Byeong Ha Lee, Jin Jae Lee, Joong Man Han
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Patent number: 12128735Abstract: A system for detecting external leaks in a cabin of a vehicle includes sensors and onboard vehicle controls disposed on the vehicle. Control modules of the system have processors, memory, and input/output (I/O) ports. The I/O ports communicate with the sensors and onboard vehicle controls. The control modules execute program code portions stored memory. The program code portions include first and second algorithm portions. The first algorithm portion receives data from the sensors and controls and determines that the data from the sensors and controls meets initialization threshold values. When the data from the sensors and controls meets the threshold values, the second algorithm portion generates a cabin leak detection output including: a first output, a second output, or a third output. The first output indicates a large leak, the second output indicates no leak, and the third output indicates that a small leak has been detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Dhruv Patel, Joseph F. Szczerba, David Alexander Hinz, Rupesh Sonu Kakade, Cynthia A. Nicholson
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Patent number: 12122214Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle propelled by an electric machine. The cooling system is arranged, when the vehicle is operated in a braking mode, to control a first and a second radiator valve to direct a flow of fluid from a radiator through a first fluid circuit and prevent the flow of fluid from the radiator to enter the second fluid circuit, control a compressor arrangement to flow a refrigerant in a direction from a heat exchanger to a condenser of a third fluid conduit, and control a second circuit valve arrangement to direct a heat source fluid to circulate through a heat exchanger and an electric heat source.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Vijai Shankar Bhavani Shankar, Arne Andersson, Fredrik Rahm, Tove Audhav
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Patent number: 12109867Abstract: A thermal request mediating device (1) that is mounted in a vehicle including a first thermal circuit (LT) and a second thermal circuit (RE) configured to exchange heat with the first thermal circuit, the thermal request mediating device includes: a discharged heat amount acquiring unit configured to requested amounts of discharged heat of the first and second thermal circuits; and a mediation unit configured to determine amounts of discharged heat allowable for the first thermal circuit and the second thermal circuit, and increase the amount of discharged heat allowable for the first thermal circuit and decrease the amount of discharged heat allowable for the second thermal circuit as the first requested amount of discharged heat increases when the sum of the amounts of discharged heat of the first and second thermal circuits exceeds the maximum amount of dischargeable heat.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Wada, Tatsuya Masuhisa, Nobukazu Kuribayashi, Shinsaku Isomura
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Patent number: 12090810Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle, having a control unit, a battery circuit connected to a drive battery of the electric vehicle, a drive circuit connected to an electric drive of the electric vehicle or to a power electronics for an electric drive, and an air conditioning circuit connected for heat transfer to a vehicle interior of the electric vehicle. The battery circuit and the drive circuit are each operable with a coolant and can be connectable from one another for transfer of coolant by an actuatable coolant valve. The air conditioning circuit can be operated with a refrigerant different from the coolant. A heat transfer connection between the battery circuit and/or the drive circuit on the one hand and the air conditioning circuit on the other hand can be established or separated by at least one heat exchange device of the thermal management system.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventor: Sebastian Tiemeyer
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Patent number: 12070987Abstract: A method for regulating comfort in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the passenger compartment including a seat, a radiant panel, and a heating device for the seat; the method being implemented by a controller having a memory containing a pre-established map. The method includes the following steps: acquiring a data item that is characteristic of the state of the passenger compartment, the characteristic data item including the temperature of the passenger compartment; determining, from the map, an optimal comfort level as a function of the characteristic data item; reading, in the map, regulation values associated with the optimal comfort level, the regulation values including values representative of the operating power of the radiant panel and of the heating device for the seat; and transmitting the read regulation values to the radiant panel and to the heating device.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIEInventors: Safa Arguez, Benjamin Herout, Eduin Le Nain
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Patent number: 11938781Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line configured to generate hot energy or cold energy depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant, a heater core side coolant circulation line configured to transfer refrigerant heat generated in the refrigerant circulation line to a heater core to heat a passenger compartment, and a battery side coolant circulation line configured to receive coolant heat of the heater core side coolant circulation line via a coolant and then circulate the coolant through a battery to preheat the battery.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Hanon SystemsInventors: Hyeon Gyu Kim, Doo Hoon Kim, Kyung Ju An, Byeong Ha Lee, Jin Jae Lee, Joong Man Han
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Patent number: 11933529Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a thermal management device (1) of a motor vehicle comprising a refrigerant-fluid circuit comprising a compressor (3), a first heat exchanger (5), an expansion device (7) and the second heat exchanger (9), said thermal management device (1) further comprising an electric heating device (60), said control method involving, upon a starting of the thermal management device (1) from cold, the following steps: direct or indirect heating of the internal air flow (20) by the electrical heating device (60) alone until said internal air flow (200) reaches a target temperature and/or until a predetermined timer has run out, —when the internal air flow (200) has reached its target temperature and/or when the timer has run out, starting the compressor (3) so that the refrigerant-fluid circuit draws heat energy from the external air flow (100) at the second heat exchanger (9) and gives up said heat energy at the first heat exchanger (5).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Jugurtha Benouali, Régis Beauvis, Jin-Ming Liu
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Patent number: 11867443Abstract: The present invention concerns a thermal management device comprising an indirect air-conditioning circuit (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: a first refrigerant loop (A) comprising, in the direction of flow of the refrigerant, a compressor (3), a two-fluid heat exchanger (5), a first expansion device (7), a first heat exchanger (9) arranged inside a first heating, ventilation and air-conditioning device (X), a second expansion device (11), a second heat exchanger (13), and a first bypass duct (30) comprising a first stop valve (33), a first inner heat exchanger (19), a second inner heat exchanger (19?), a second bypass duct (40) comprising a third expansion device (17) arranged upstream from a first cooler (15), a third bypass duct (80) comprising a first additional heat exchanger (9?) arranged in a second heating, ventilation and air-conditioning device (Y), a second heat transfer fluid loop (B).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: Jugurtha Benouali
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Patent number: 11833880Abstract: A thermal management system for controlling the temperature in a cabin and an energy storage system of an electric vehicle including a vehicle component is provided. The system provides for a heat exchanger arranged to heat the energy storage system, a heater for heating the cabin and the heat exchanger, a first valve arranged to receive a fluid that has been used for cooling the vehicle component, and to provide fluid to the heater, a temperature sensor arranged to measure the temperature of the fluid entering the first valve, a second valve receiving the fluid from the heater and having a first outlet in fluid communication with the cabin, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the heat exchanger, and a control unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Josef Graubmann
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Patent number: 11787260Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle climate control system for controlling climate conditions in various cabin regions of a vehicle cabin, where the climate control system is configured to control one or more vehicle components to change the set of climate conditions associated with one or more cabin regions to approximate a set of optimal comfort conditions. The climate control system controls various vehicle components to control climate conditions, including window assemblies, sunroof assemblies, etc. The climate control system determines optimal comfort conditions which optimize perceived temperature of various occupant body parts and maintain various climate characteristics within one or more sets of thresholds. Output configurations of various vehicle components can be determined based at least in part upon determined optimal comfort conditions of various cabin regions. Output configurations can be generated based at least in part upon various control mode priorities.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Derek A. Faust, Emery A. Sanford, James Foster
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Patent number: 11780298Abstract: There is disclosed an environmental control system for heating at least one enclosed space. The system comprises a heat-pump circuit that includes a compressor, a heat-output stage, an expansion device and an evaporator arranged in series along a flow path for a refrigerant. The heat-output stage comprises a primary heat exchanger and a secondary heat exchanger that are both configured to transfer heat from the refrigerant to one or more external mediums in thermal communication with the at least one enclosed space. The primary heat exchanger and the secondary heat exchanger are connected in series along the flow path, such that the secondary heat exchanger will transfer excess heat energy remaining within the refrigerant after passing through the primary heat exchanger to the one or more external mediums.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: THERMO KING LLCInventors: Martin Galansky, Diego Cearra, Michal Kolda, Pavel Houdek
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Patent number: 11752833Abstract: A system for air-conditioning air of a passenger compartment and for heat transfer with drive components of a motor vehicle. The system has a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit. The refrigerant circuit is formed with a compressor, a first refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger operated as a condenser/gas cooler, a refrigerant-air heat exchanger operated as an evaporator for conditioning supply air of the passenger compartment with an upstream expansion element, and a second refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger operated as an evaporator for heat transfer between a coolant for tempering the drive components of the motor vehicle and the refrigerant with an upstream expansion element, and with a bypass flow path around the heat exchangers operated as the evaporators on the low-pressure side. In addition to the first refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, the coolant circuit has a coolant-air heat exchanger operated as a thermal heat exchanger for heating supply air of the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Navid Durrani, Martin Hötzel, Tobias Haas
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Patent number: 11718151Abstract: A determination device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a vehicle extraction unit that determines whether a predetermined attached matter is on a transparent member of a vehicle, based on first image information that is about a periphery of the vehicle and that is picked up through the transparent member by a camera mounted on the vehicle and second image information that is about a periphery of another vehicle surrounding the vehicle and that is picked up by a camera mounted on the other vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shin Sakurada
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Patent number: 11680997Abstract: A cooling system of a magnetic resonance apparatus is disclosed. In the cooling system, a first cooling device and a second cooling device are used to realize a secondary step of cooling of a circulating fluid without energy consumption, thereby reducing the operating energy consumption of the cooling system. In addition, a magnetic resonance apparatus comprising the cooling system is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Ting Qiang Xue, Ping Chen
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Patent number: 11618301Abstract: Provided is a vehicle air conditioning device that can save the space for installing constituent apparatuses of a vehicle by using a heater for multiple purposes and reduce the manufacturing cost. Heating assisting operation for heating air to be supplied into a cabin is performed in a manner that a heat medium heated by a heat medium heater 32 in a heat medium circuit 30 flows to a heat medium radiator 16 without flowing on a battery B side while heating operation is performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Ishizeki, Megumi Shigeta
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Patent number: 11506423Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is provided which is capable of expanding an effective range of a dehumidifying and heating mode to achieve comfortable vehicle interior air conditioning. A control device (controller) executes a dehumidifying and heating mode to let a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, let a part of the refrigerant flow from a bypass circuit (refrigerant pipe 13F) to an indoor expansion valve 8, and let the residual refrigerant flow through an outdoor expansion valve 6. In the dehumidifying and heating mode, the control device has a state of controlling the operation of the compressor 2, based on a heat absorber temperature Te and executes a radiator temperature priority mode which enlarges a capability of the compressor when heat radiation in the radiator is insufficient.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SANDEN AUTOMOTIVE CLIMATE SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Miyakoshi, Kouhei Yamashita, Tetsuya Ishizeki
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Patent number: 11505034Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may control a temperature of a battery module by using one chiller in which a refrigerant and a coolant are heat-exchanged, and may increase a flow rate of the refrigerant by applying a gas injection device that selectively operates in a heating or dehumidifying mode of a vehicle, thereby maximizing heating performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jeawan Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeonho Kim
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Patent number: 11454573Abstract: A system and method for sampling air in a controlled environment that includes two or more air sampling devices at different locations within the controlled environment. A controller is provided at a location outside of the controlled environment and in separate air flow communication with each of the two or more air sampling devices via separate first vacuum tubes, the controller having a manifold configured to separately control a rate of air flow from the two or more air sampling devices to the controller via each of the separate first vacuum tubes and to selectively direct the air flow from each of the separate first vacuum tubes to one or more second vacuum tubes. A vacuum source is provided at a location outside the controlled environment and in air flow communication with the controller via the one or more second vacuum tubes, the vacuum source providing suction and being controlled by the controller to generate the air flow through each of the first vacuum tubes.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Veltek Associates, Inc.Inventors: Rosario Sam Calio, Jeffrey Churchvara
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Patent number: 11456497Abstract: This disclosure details thermal management systems for thermally managing battery packs and other electric drive components of electrified vehicles. An exemplary thermal management system may include a battery cooling circuit and an e-drive cooling circuit. The e-drive cooling circuit may be fluidly connected to the battery cooling circuit by a combination of valves and coolant lines during or in anticipation of certain vehicle conditions, such as high load operating conditions, to augment cooling of electric drive components during the high load operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Kevin Mackenzie, Sunil Katragadda, Ronald Richard Semel
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Patent number: 11448427Abstract: A refrigerated system includes a vapor compression system defining a refrigerant flow path and a heat recovery system defining a heat recovery fluid flow path. The heat recovery system is thermally coupled to the vapor compression system. The heat recovery system includes a first heat exchanger within which heat is transferred between a heat recovery fluid and an engine coolant and at least one recovery heat exchanger positioned along the heat recovery fluid flow path directly upstream from the first heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Hongsheng Liu, Parmesh Verma, Frederick J. Cogswell, Yinshan Feng
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Patent number: 11448428Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, a heater device, a high-stage side decompressor, a gas-liquid separator, a refrigerant branch portion, a first decompressor, a first evaporator, a second decompressor, and a second evaporator. The compressor has an intermediate pressure port through which an intermediate-pressure refrigerant flows into the compressor. The gas-liquid separator is configured to separate the intermediate-pressure refrigerant into a gas refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant. The refrigerant branch portion is configured to divide a flow of the liquid refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator. In a cooling mode for cooling a heat exchange target fluid, a refrigerant circuit is switched such that a low-pressure refrigerant flows from the branch portion to the first evaporator. In a heating mode for heating the heat exchange target fluid, the refrigerant circuit is switched such that the low-pressure refrigerant flows from the branch portion to the second evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiki Kato
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Patent number: 11440373Abstract: A temperature regulating system of an in-vehicle battery is disclosed in the present disclosure. The system includes: a heat exchanger; an in-vehicle air conditioner, where the in-vehicle air conditioner is provided with an air conditioner vent, a first air duct is formed between the air conditioner vent and the heat exchanger, a semiconductor heat exchange module, where a second air duct is formed between a cooling end of the semiconductor heat exchange module and the first fan, and a third air duct is formed between the cooling end of the semiconductor heat exchange module and a compartment; a battery thermal management module, where the battery thermal management module is connected to the heat exchanger to form a heat exchange flow path; and a controller, connected to the semiconductor heat exchange module, the battery thermal management module, and the in-vehicle air conditioner.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xingchi Wu, Jigang Tan, Hongjun Wang
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Patent number: 11430098Abstract: A method detects body temperature. A first image, a second image, and a thermal image are received. The first image is calibrated with the second image using a calibration model to form a plurality of visible image layers. A distance layer is generated from the first image and the second image using a distance generation model. The thermal image is calibrated using the distance layer and a distance calibration model to form a thermal layer. A face location of a person in the first image is detected using a face detection model. A body temperature of the person at the face location is determined using the thermal layer. The body temperature is presented.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: AlgoLook, Inc.Inventors: David E. Harrison, Jeremy C. Patton, John Dankovchik
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Patent number: 11427230Abstract: A bodywork structure for a body for a public transport vehicle, in particular a railway vehicle or a road transport vehicle, for example a guided road transport vehicle, including a wall extending in a longitudinal direction, the wall including at least one cavity extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the cavity forms a passage for a fluid under pressure, for example a gas under pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventor: Francis Langlois
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Patent number: 11427050Abstract: A heat pump system may include a cooling apparatus configured to include a radiator, a first water pump, a first valve, a second valve, and a reservoir tank which are connected through a coolant line; a battery cooling apparatus including a battery coolant line connected to the coolant line through the first valve, and a second water pump and a battery module which are connected through the battery coolant line to circulate the coolant in the battery module; a heating apparatus including a heating line connected to the coolant line through the second valve and a third water pump provided on the heating line, and a heater; a chiller provided in the battery coolant line between the first valve and the battery module, connected to a chiller connection line through the second valve connected to the chiller connection line, and connected to a refrigerant line of an air conditioner through a refrigerant connection line.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Yeonho Kim
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Patent number: 11413931Abstract: A vehicle-mounted temperature controller includes a first heat circuit having a heat exchanger for a heat generating device and a first heat exchanger; a second heat circuit having a heat medium flow path of an engine and a second heat exchanger; and a refrigeration circuit having the first heat exchanger to make the refrigerant evaporate and the second heat exchanger to make the refrigerant condense. A circulation mode control device control a circulation mode so that the second heat medium raised in temperature by absorbing heat from the refrigerant at the second heat exchanger flows into the flow path, when the engine is stopped and heat is discharged from the heat generating device to the first heat medium in the heat exchanger for the heat generating device and heat is absorbed from the first heat medium to the refrigerant in the first heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masatoshi Yano, Yuji Miyoshi
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Patent number: 11390140Abstract: Methods, and systems including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automated climate control. In one aspect, a monitoring system includes an indoor climate control device that is configured to adjust an indoor climate setting of a property, a sensor that is located at the property and configured to generate sensor data that reflects an attribute of the property, and a monitor control unit. The monitor control unit is configured to receive the sensor data, and receive, from an onboard control unit for a first vehicle associated with the property, data that reflects a status of the first vehicle. Based on the data that reflects the status of the first vehicle and the sensor data, the monitor control unit determines the indoor climate setting for the indoor climate control device, and provides instructions to adjust the indoor climate control device to the indoor climate setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventors: Samuel Simons, William Mensah
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Patent number: 11390135Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes an interior air conditioning apparatus and a chiller that exchanges heat between first refrigerant and second refrigerant. A first line guides the first refrigerant to be circulated sequentially through a chiller, a high-voltage battery cooling core and a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) core. A second line guides the second refrigerant to be circulated sequentially through a compressor, a condenser and the chiller. A controller operates the blower, a first pump and the compressor based on an exterior temperature of the vehicle and whether interior air conditioning is necessary, when cooling of the high-voltage battery is necessary.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
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Patent number: 11390138Abstract: A control system for a heating system of an electric or hybrid vehicle with a coolant cooled high voltage store. The control system includes an air conditioning evaporator of a refrigeration circuit of the heating system through which refrigerant circulates to cool the passenger compartment when a cooling requirement for a passenger compartment of the vehicle and for which an air conditioning cooling mode is set. The system further includes a chiller to cool the high voltage store when a cooling requirement for the high voltage store of the vehicle and for which a high voltage store (HVS) cooling mode is set. The control system selects the regulating variable for the compressor from a plurality of different regulating variables based on whether the air conditioning cooling mode is set, whether the HVS cooling mode is set, and/or whether both the air conditioning cooling and HVS cooling modes are set.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Robert Herbolzheimer, Oliver Horn, Patrick Oswald, Markus Stix
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Patent number: 11394064Abstract: A temperature adjustment circuit includes a first pump that circulates a heat medium in at least one of a first temperature adjustment circuit and a second temperature adjustment circuit; a coupling path that couples the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit to form a coupled circuit; a switching unit capable of switching between a circulation state in which the heat medium circulates in the coupled circuit and a non-circulation state in which the heat medium does not circulate in the coupled circuit; and a control device that controls the switching unit and the first pump. The control device switches the coupled circuit from the non-circulation state to the circulation state in a state in which a rotation speed of the first pump is decreased lower than a rotation speed of the first pump before switching, and increases the rotation speed of the first pump after switching.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takuya Honjo
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Patent number: 11383577Abstract: A thermal management system may include a battery line connected to a high-voltage battery core and having a first radiator, and through which cooling water flows by a first pump; an introduction line having an end connected to an upstream side of the first radiator and the other end connected to the internal air-conditioning heating core, and through which cooling water flows by a second pump; a discharge line having an end connected to an upstream side of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line and the other end connected to the internal air-conditioning heating core, and through which the cooling water introduced through the introduction line flows; a refrigerant line having an expansion valve, an internal air-conditioning cooling core, a compressor, and an air-cooling condenser and through which a refrigerant flows; and a water-cooling condenser connecting the refrigerant line and the introduction line.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung, Man Ju Oh, Chul Min Kim, Du Youl Choi
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Patent number: 11359847Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a heat exchanger configured to place a cooling fluid in a heat exchange relationship with a working fluid, a free-cooling circuit having a pump configured to circulate the working fluid through the heat exchanger and a condenser, a flow control valve configured to control a flow rate of the working fluid to the condenser, a condenser bypass valve configured to control a flow rate of the working fluid that bypasses the condenser, and a controller configured to adjust a position of the flow control valve, a position of the condenser bypass valve, a speed of a fan of the condenser, a speed of the pump, and a temperature of a heater based on an ambient temperature, a temperature of the working fluid leaving the condenser, the position of the flow control valve, the position of the condenser bypass valve, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLPInventors: William L. Kopko, Stephen M. Zardus, Israel Federman, Curtis C. Crane, Todd Kwao-vovo
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Patent number: 11351840Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which can perform a bleeding function to discharge air to a rear seat floor vent in a rear seat vent mode, and optimize the size of an outlet and the shape of doors to adjust a bleeding amount of a rear seat floor.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Yong Eun Seo, Myoung Jun Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Jeong Hun Seo, Jong Gon Lee, Tae Gun Lee
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Patent number: 11345211Abstract: An assembly for a ventilation system of a vehicle is provided. The assembly is configured to use a single actuator to control direction of a vent and additionally control the flow rate of that vent. The assembly may comprise a single rotatable control member with two routes, one route used for controlling flow rate and one route for controlling flow direction. Each route may have a straight portion and curved portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventor: Robert Skapof
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Patent number: 11318813Abstract: A thermal system for a vehicle having a comprehensive cooling circuit, a refrigeration circuit, a cooling circuit, a heating circuit, and a plurality of switched states is disclosed. The cooling circuit is connected with a heat source of the vehicle. The cooling circuit has a high-voltage accumulator (HVA) circuit to which a high-voltage accumulator for supplying power to an electric drivetrain of the vehicle is connected. An ambient cooler is connected to the cooling circuit downstream of the heat source. A chiller for transferring heat from the HVA circuit into the refrigeration circuit is also connected to the refrigeration circuit. A first switched state, in which the HVA circuit downstream and upstream of the heat source is connected to the cooling circuit, can be set such that an extended HVA circuit, in which the high-voltage accumulator and the heat source are connected in series is configured.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christian Allgaeuer, Oliver Horn, Markus Moser
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Patent number: 11318816Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may adjust a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller that performs heat exchange between a refrigerant and a coolant, and improve heating efficiency by use of waste heat generated from an electrical component and the battery module, in increasing the flow rate of the refrigerant by operating the gas injection unit in the heating mode or the heating/dehumidification mode of the vehicle, thereby reducing power consumption of a compressor and maximizing heating performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Patent number: 11299006Abstract: This thermoregulation system (1) for an electrically driven vehicle (V), the vehicle comprising at least one electric machine (E), at least one battery (30), and at least one power electronics component (37), comprises a coolant circuit (5), a pump (7), coolant heat exchangers, connected to the coolant circuit (5) so that the coolant may circulate through them and comprising a main exchanger (9), configured for exchanging heat between the coolant and air coming from the outside of the vehicle (V), at least one battery exchanger (11), configured for exchanging heat between the coolant and said at least one battery (30), and at least one secondary exchanger (13, 36), configured for exchanging heat between the coolant and said at least one electric machine (E) and/or said at least one power electronics component (37).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Ronan Mothier
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Patent number: 11301779Abstract: A method of operating an air conditioner, including: obtaining an image acquired by a camera; determining a distance and a direction of an occupant relative to the air conditioner, based on the image; using at least one machine-learning network to classify an air-blowable space of the air conditioner into an intensive air blowing area and a non-intensive air blowing area, based on the distance and the direction of the occupant; controlling the air conditioner to operate in an intensive operation mode with respect to the intensive air blowing area; and controlling the air conditioner to operate in a non-intensive operation mode with respect to the intensive air blowing area and the non-intensive air blowing area based on completion of the intensive operation mode. A time duration of the intensive operation mode is smaller than a time duration of the non-intensive operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Taeyup Song, Dongwoo Han
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Patent number: 11299011Abstract: A controller performs a prior determination by determining whether air cooling of a passenger compartment by free cooling control is possible based on a target value of a temperature in the passenger compartment that is set in advance, an outdoor air temperature, and an indoor temperature. The controller also performs a free cooling execution determination by determining whether to perform the free cooling control by comparing (i) a free cooling performance value that depends on a temperature difference between the outdoor air temperature and the indoor temperature and indicates a capacity of air cooling by the free cooling control, and (ii) an indoor heat load value that depends on a vehicle occupancy rate of passengers in the passenger compartment and indicates a difficulty of a temperature decrease in the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Tone, Masatoshi Urakawa
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Patent number: 11285787Abstract: An air flow control system includes a plenum having an air inlet, a first air outlet, a second air outlet and a third air outlet, a vent door, an air guide, carried on the vent door, and an actuator. The actuator displaces the vent door between a first position closing the first air outlet and a second position opening the first air outlet. A climate control method for an autonomous vehicle is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Anthony Ligi, Jr., Gary D. Mullen, Francis Raymond Gillis, Steven Nicholas Fidh
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Patent number: 11262106Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration cycle apparatus capable of achieving an improvement in heat exchange performance during a heating operation and during a cooling operation, while suppressing increases in manufacturing cost and volume required for packaging. The outdoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger are connected in parallel to the indoor heat exchanger via the branch portion. The flow path switching device includes a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first port is connected with a third refrigerant flow path. The second port is connected with the outdoor heat exchanger. The third port is connected with a fourth refrigerant flow path. The second port is configured to switch between a state in which the second port is connected to the first port and a state in which the second port is connected to the third port.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryota Akaiwa, Shinya Higashiiue
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Patent number: 11247656Abstract: A control method of an air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a process A of determining whether arrival at a destination is imminent based on data detected from a data detecting unit by a controller and comparing a target temperature of an evaporator with an actual temperature of the evaporator in a state of cooling a vehicle interior while the vehicle is running. A process B includes controlling a blow motor, a compressor, and a vent discharge control unit by determining whether the evaporator is cleaned by the controller through process A, and controlling an outdoor air/indoor air mode operation unit by detecting external humidity and internal humidity. A process C includes controlling the blow motor and the outdoor air/indoor air mode operation unit by comparing an external temperature with the temperature of the evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Yeon Ho Kim, Seung Ho Lee, Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Patent number: 11231184Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an outdoor unit for an air conditioner. The present invention relates to an outdoor unit of a gas heat pump system. An outdoor unit of a gas heat pump system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a storage tank which is disposed at a suction side of a compressor and stores a refrigerant to be supplied to the compressor; and a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange of a refrigerant flowing through a refrigerant pipe or cooling water flowing through a cooling water pipe, wherein the heat exchanger is supported by the storage tank. Therefore, the outdoor unit does not require a separate frame structure for installing the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Minho Chung, Kyoungyoul Lee, Song Choi
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Patent number: 11214113Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning device includes an air conditioning case having first, second case introduction ports and first, second case discharge ports, and a fan. The first, second case discharge ports are offset upward and downward in an up-down direction relative to a rotation axis, respectively. A first inner guide surface of an inner guide plate is located on the one side of a second inner guide surface in the left-right direction. Air introduced through the first case introduction port is guided by the first inner guide surface to be drawn from a first passage into the fan, the air being blown upward to flow through the first case discharge port. Air introduced through the second case introduction port is guided by the second inner guide surface to be drawn from a second passage into the fan, the air being blown upward to flow through the second case discharge port.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Kato, Ryo Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Sekito, Tetsuya Kono, Yuki Tsumagari, Tomohide Shindo
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Patent number: 11207948Abstract: A thermal management system includes a refrigerant system, which includes a compressor, a flow control device, a valve member, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger. The flow control device includes a first throttle unit, a second throttle unit, and a valve assembly; the flow control device includes a first port, a second port, and a third port; a first connection port of the first heat exchanger is in communication with the second port, and a first connection port of the second heat exchanger is in communication with the third port, while a first connection port of the third heat exchanger is in communication with the first port. The thermal management system includes a first operating state and a second operating state.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Hangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yongxiang Tan
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Patent number: 11199613Abstract: An electronics housing assembly is disclosed. In some embodiments, the electronics housing is attached to a vehicle to house a sensor of the vehicle (e.g., a LIDAR). The electronics housing includes a fixed body structure, a movable body structure, a motor operatively coupled to the movable body structure, a positioner sensor coupled to the fixed body structure, and a sensor bracket attached to the movable body structure and configured to attach to a sensor. In some embodiments, the positioner sensor is used to detect the position of the movable body structure and the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Inventor: Chi Hung Cao
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Patent number: 11198377Abstract: The present invention relates to a power management system of a pure electric vehicle powered exclusively by batteries which allows the vehicle to carry a load of up to 13 tons, where the system of the present invention is provided with five blocks: a battery system (SBAT) (3), a control and power logic unit (ULCP) (4), a traction system (STR) (5), an auxiliary system (SAX) (36), and a driver's control panel (PCM) 81, where such blocks are interconnected by two buses, CAN bus (128) and Digital/Analogical BDA (129). The battery system has two battery banks (1) and (2) in parallel which are monitored by the BMS (76). The BMS (76) checks whether the voltages at the output of the batteries are the same as the input of the inverter (8) and manages the use of the battery banks in conjunction with the eVSI (73) by operating the battery bank (1) or the battery bank (2) or both depending on the load conditions of each bank.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: ELETRA INDUSTRIAL LTDAInventor: Paulino Hiratsuka
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Patent number: 11179994Abstract: A heat pump for a vehicle is provided in which the heat pump includes a compressor, an inner heat exchanger, an outer heat exchanger, a first expansion unit, a second expansion unit, an evaporator, an accumulator, a third heat exchanger, a first directional control valve, a second directional control valve, and a dehumidification line, and performs cooling, heating, defrosting, and dehumidifying operations according to the flow of a refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: ESTRA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Won Kim, Ho Young Jang, Jun Ho Choi