Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ger Anthony Cronin

Hans Guenter Quix

Dietmar Fischer

Christoph Boerensen

Markus Markowitz

Torsten Voigt

Tobias Emig

Gregor Whelan

Klaus Schorn

Ingo Krolewski

Simon Arnold

Paul Jamnicki

Ulrike Sabrina Vogl

Peter Durston

Sandra Trachte

A vehicle and method are provided for monitoring and changing quality of air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle so that the air quality remains above a predeterminable threshold value. The vehicle has an air quality sensing device and an air quality changing device. The method includes sensing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment and in the surroundings of the vehicle with the air quality sensing device; and in the event that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle drops below the predeterminable threshold value, changing the quality of the air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle with the air quality changing device so that the quality of the air in the passenger compartment rises above the predeterminable threshold value.

Method for monitoring the quality of the air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle

A device for controlling the air flow from an air outlet of a heating and/or ventilation and/or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle. The air outlet has an air discharge opening which is for discharging air into an inner vehicle space and over which there extends at least one elongate slat which can be pivoted about a longitudinal axis in order to influence an air flow flowing through the air discharge opening and whose pivot position can be adjusted by at least one adjustment mechanism which is coupled to the slat. At least one actuation mechanism, which is fitted to a vehicle seat when the vehicle seat is mounted in the inner vehicle space, moves into mechanical operational engagement with the adjustment mechanism and brings about an adjustment of the at least one slat in accordance with a position of the vehicle seat with respect to the inner vehicle space.

Device for controlling the air discharge from an air outlet

The invention relates to an air guide nozzle () for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, the air guide nozzle having an air outlet duct () at the first air outlet () of which a plurality of pivoted slats (), which can be pivoted simultaneously about respective longitudinal axes, is arranged in parallel and at a distance from one another, for which purpose said slats are connected by a lever () on the side facing away from the air outlet (), wherein the air guide nozzle () has a second, separate air outlet () below the first air outlet ().

Air guide nozzle for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle

Various systems and methods are provided for supplying heat to a passenger compartment during a filter regeneration event. In one example, a first phase of a filter regeneration event is initiated for a filter in an internal combustion engine based on one or more parameters, with heat produced by the engine then supplied to a heater core during the first phase, and the first phase extended if heating is requested for a duration based on ambient temperature. The engine may be operated at reduced efficiency during the filter regeneration event, and in some embodiments, the method may further include injecting an additional amount of fuel during a second phase of the filter regeneration event after the first phase ends to cause soot combustion in the filter.

Method and device for interior heating in a motor vehicle

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Ger Anthony Cronin