Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Kenneth Gerald Brown

Manfred Koberstein

Christos T Kyrtsos

James Thomas Gooden

Curtis Mark Jones

Eric Gerd Schaefer

Ranganathan Madhavan

Donald Peter Schneider, Iii

Esteban Hernandez

A vehicle air handling system includes an air conditioner having an inlet selectively opening to a source of fresh air or recirculated air from within the passenger compartment. A controller switches the source of inlet air to recirculated air under certain conditions in order to optimize system efficiency and component life.

Vehicle air handling system

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

A method of predicting ambient air temperature outside a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The method measures air temperature with a temperature sensor, applies a correction strategy, and determines a predicted temperature value.

Method of determining ambient air temperature

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Shelby Township, MI, United States of America

Kenneth Gerald Brown