Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Donald Peter Schneider, Iii

Manfred Koberstein

Clay Wesley Maranville

Victoria Leigh Schein

William Stewart Johnston

James George Gebbie

James Thomas Gooden

Kerrie Kathleen Gath

John Craig Elson

Franco Ragazzi

Alan Douglas Wallington

Kenneth Gerald Brown

A vehicular climate control system may include a coolant subsystem configured to circulate coolant between an engine, a thermal generator, and a cabin heat exchanger, and a controller. The controller may be configured to, responsive to an air inlet temperature of the heat exchanger exceeding a threshold, retard engine spark timing to increase heat generation. The threshold may be defined by a quotient of (i) a difference between a discharge temperature target and the air inlet temperature and (ii) a thermal effectiveness parameter that is based on an air flow rate and a coolant flow rate.

Vehicular climate control system

A radiant heating system includes a radiant heating element, a steering wheel position monitoring device and a controller configured to control the radiant heating element in response to steering wheel position data received from the steering wheel position monitoring device. A method of controlling operation of a radiant system.

Radiant heating system incorporating steering wheel position monitoring device

A thermal management system for a vehicle powertrain includes a heater core, a transmission fluid warmer selectively in thermal communication with the heater core, a bypass valve between the heater core and transmission fluid warmer configured to control fluid flow therebetween, a control module configured to control the bypass valve, and a timer linked to the control module configured to delay deactivation of the bypass valve.

Powertrain thermal management system

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Donald Peter Schneider, Iii