Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Klaus Schuermanns

Clay Wesley Maranville

Bernd Dienhart

Dietmar Fischer

John Craig Elson

Sandra Krolewski

Volker Scheer

Michael Saliger

David Lostrek

Clemens Fock

Thomas Hirn

Jens Oberschelp

Jill Catherine Huptas

Christoph Massonet

Kai Rewitz

Paul Seiwert

Christian Becker

Damian Backes

Mark Wesseling

A method for controlling a temperature in an interior of a vehicle is provided, wherein the temperature in the vehicle interior is determined with the aid of infrared radiation emitted by the fitments or in the interior, and the air conditioning is adjusted accordingly. A vehicle which is configured to carry out the method is furthermore provided.

Control of the temperature in the interior of a vehicle

A vehicle air-conditioning system and a method for operating that vehicle air-conditioning system in dependence on the difference between the temperature of the engine coolant at the inlet into the heating heat exchanger and the temperature of the air at the outlet out of the heating heat exchanger are provided. The measured or estimated temperatures of the coolant at the inlet into the heating heat exchanger and of the air at the outlet out of the heating heat exchanger are checked to determine whether their values indicate fault states of components of the air-conditioning system.

Vehicle air-conditioning system and method of operation

A motor vehicle, in particular a self-driving motor vehicle, has at least one vehicle seat, wherein the vehicle seat is constructed to be arranged at a selected position from a plurality of positions in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.

Vehicle seat for a motor vehicle

A method for operating a climate-control system of a vehicle using an initial ambient (outside the vehicle) air temperature calculated based upon a current air temperature measured by a temperature sensor located on a side-mirror of the vehicle. A previous air temperature is stored at or before an engine shut-down time. At a subsequent engine start time: a) the temperature sensor on the side-mirror determines the current air temperature; b) a solar radiation on the vehicle is measured; and c) a duration since the previous air temperature was stored is determined. If, at the engine re-start time; a) the duration exceeds a threshold value; and b) the current air temperature is higher than the previous air temperature, then the initial air temperature is calculated from: a) the current air temperature, b) the previous air temperature, and c) the solar radiation. The climate-control system is operated using the calculated initial temp.

Method for determining the surrounding air temperature of a motor vehicle

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Klaus Schuermanns