Cummins Inc.

Benjamin David Padgett

Vivek Anand Sujan

Praveen Chitradurga Muralidhar

Joseph E Paquette

Mahesh Madurai Kumar

Gary L Parker

Subbarao Varigonda

David Smith

William Brent Fields

Dean Deter

A climate control system for vehicles includes an internal combustion engine that may be coupled to selectively power a first motor generator, and an air conditioning compressor that may be selectively powered by one or both of the first motor generator and a second motor generator, or by the internal combustion engine. The system may include a rechargeable battery, and a vehicle controller having a vehicle state circuit structured to determine a vehicle operating condition value and a state-of-charge value of the rechargeable battery, and a coupling determination circuit structured to provide an internal combustion engine-first motor generator coupling command in response to the vehicle operating condition value and the state-of-charge value. In response to the internal combustion engine-first motor generator coupling command being provided as coupled, the internal combustion engine may power the first motor generator.

Apparatus and system for controlling power to an air conditioning compressor for a vehicle

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Columbus, IN, United States of America

Benjamin David Padgett