Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Manfred Koberstein

Loren John Lohmeyer, Iii

William Stewart Johnston

Jing He

Alan Gutowski

Curtis Mark Jones

Angelo Patti

Jennifer A Herr-Rathke

Ranganathan Madhavan

Robert Steven Sawyer

Jeffrey Paul Brown

Rachael Shey

Debasish Dhar

Halim Wijaya

Alan Douglas Wallington

Michael Steven Wallis

Ali Jalilevand

James C Rollinson

Frank Fusco

Steven Lee Lambert

Zhengyu Liu

David Alan Wong

Tina Marie Maurer

Stuart C Salter

Clay Wesley Maranville

Kenneth John Jackson

Kirk Pebley

Paul Bryan Hoke

Wayne Frank Buescher

Christian Brent Schoeneman

Eric Gerd Schaefer

Steven David Errick

Tim Van Evans

John Azar

Mitali Chakrabarti

Jim C Rollinson

Craig Martin Spinneweber

Stephen R Dennon

Paul Kenneth Dellock

David Brian Glickman

Pietro Buttolo

John Eric Rollinger

Venkatesh Krishnan

James J Surman

Michael Musa Azzouz

Angel Fernando Porras

Wei Xu

Victoria Leigh Schein

Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati

Adam J Richards

Gary D Mullen

Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi

Gerhard Allan Dage

Mark G Smith

Eric Michael Rademacher

Katherine Howard-Cone

Scott Nydam

Scott Steadmon Thompson

Prakash Tuljaram Thawani

Peter Mitchell Lyon

James Robert Chascsa, Ii

Christopher Mark Greiner

Hugh Hamilton

Kerrie Kathleen Gath

Mukesh Kumar

Dietmar Fischer

Lawrence C Karas

Daniel J Martin

Steve T Skikun

John Craig Elson

David Hancock

Hsiao-An Hsieh

Robert W Matteson

M Scott Christensen

Daniel C Huang

Eric R Yerke

Haoliang Michael Sun

Stephen Michael White

Hamish Lewis

Chris Robert Sculthorpe

Todd Louis Wenzel

Jacob Gregory Powers

Steve Michael Kahrs

Gary A Dage

Ken J Jackson

Michael Blischke

Mario Domonick Iaquinta

Donald Peter Schneider, Iii

Luke McDermott

Kenneth Gerald Brown

Norman Henry Dolinski

Stephen Patrick Lepper

Stephen M Kolpacke

Steven Michael Kahrs

Simon Arnold

Robert Louis Hayes

Jose A Nava

Masafumi Nakashima

Alan Langley Moore

Timmy Van Evans

A vehicle includes a body, a cabin that is defined by the body, an air delivery system, and a controller. The air delivery system includes a blower, an air register, ductwork, and an intake module. The air register is positioned within the cabin. The ductwork extends between the blower and the air register. The intake module is positioned upstream of the blower. The controller adjusts a speed of the blower as a function of a speed of the vehicle.

Air delivery system for a vehicle

A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes an accumulator having an inlet and an outlet, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, and a first coupling point. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet and an outlet. The low-pressure inlet is downstream of the outlet of the accumulator. The first heat exchanger includes an inlet and an outlet. The first coupling point is positioned immediately downstream of the outlet of the accumulator and immediately upstream of the low-pressure inlet of the compressor. The first coupling point is immediately downstream of the outlet of the first heat exchanger such that a first heat exchange fluid circulating through the refrigerant loop is directed to the low-pressure inlet of the compressor upon exiting the outlet of the first heat exchanger.

Heat pump for a vehicle

A method for defogging a window of a vehicle includes steps of automatically selecting a climate control system operating mode and determining a risk of window fogging. The climate control system operating mode is selected from an outside air mode, an air-conditioning mode, and a defrost mode. A controller determines the risk of window fogging according to one or more inputs, and the same or a different controller may automatically select the climate control system operating mode. The controller is configured to increase a climate control system blower speed to increase a rate of airflow provided by the currently-actuated climate control system operating mode. The controller may sequentially advance the climate control system operating mode through the outside air mode, air-conditioning mode, and defrost mode.

Enhanced vehicle window anti-fogging strategy

A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heat exchange unit coupled with a compartment of the vehicle via an interface in the compartment. A container is moveable between a first position and a second position. The container is configured to be in fluid communication with the heat exchange unit via the interface in the first position.

Thermal management system for a vehicle

A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a compressor, a first condenser, a vapor generator having a first region and a second region, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, and a first evaporator. A branching point is positioned between the first condenser and the vapor generator. The branching point diverts a portion of a first heat exchange fluid circulating through the refrigerant loop to the vapor generator. The first expansion valve is positioned between the branching point and the vapor generator. An outlet of the vapor generator is coupled to a mid-pressure inlet port of the compressor.

Heat pump refrigerant loop arrangements

A vehicle having a heating and cooling system includes a refrigerant loop for conveying refrigerant, a coolant loop for conveying coolant, a chiller configured to convey the refrigerant and the coolant, and a vessel coupled to the chiller and having a phase change material disposed in the vessel. The phase change material is configured to freeze via heat transfer from the phase change material to the refrigerant and melt via heat transfer from the coolant to the phase change material.

Heating and cooling system for a vehicle

This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle having a cabin pre-cooling strategy for managing battery and cabin cooling loads. A corresponding method is also disclosed. An example electrified vehicle includes a battery for propulsion, a cabin, a thermal management system configured to thermally condition both the battery and the cabin, and a controller configured to follow a cabin pre-cooling strategy to pre-cool the cabin when an expected cooling load of the battery, if the electrified vehicle were to be driven in present conditions, exceeds an upper battery cooling load threshold.

Electrified vehicle with cabin pre-cooling strategy for managing battery and cabin cooling loads

A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a compressor, a first condenser, a vapor generator having a first region and a second region, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, and a first evaporator. A branching point is positioned between the first condenser and the vapor generator. The branching point diverts a portion of a first heat exchange fluid circulating through the refrigerant loop to the vapor generator. The first expansion valve is positioned between the branching point and the vapor generator. An outlet vapor generator is coupled to a mid-pressure inlet port of the compressor.

A respirator includes a head unit configured to be received on a human head and a purifying unit configured to provide purified air to the head unit. The purifying unit includes a first housing portion having an interior side defining a blower cavity, an exterior side defining a partial filter chamber with a filter sealing surface, and an inlet hole circumscribed by the sealing surface and extending between the interior and exterior sides. A second housing portion has an interior side defining a blower cavity. The first and second housings are attached to each other to form a housing such that the blower cavities are opposite each other to define a blower chamber within the housing. A blower is disposed in the blower chamber. A filter covers over the inlet hole and is disposed against the sealing surface such that air entering the hole passes through the filter.

Personal air purifying respirator

A vehicle climate system includes a blower and a controller. The controller is configured to, responsive to input of a particular user selected climate setting, operate the blower with an initial power having a predetermined value corresponding to the climate setting provided that cabin temperature is outside a predetermined range. The controller is also configured to operate the blower with an initial power having a value less than the predetermined value provided that the cabin temperature is within the predetermined range.

Temperature based blower strategy for acoustic comfort

Methods and systems are provided for heat sanitizing a vehicle. In one example, a method may include, responsive to receiving a request for sanitization of a vehicle interior, operating a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system to heat the vehicle interior above an upper threshold temperature for a threshold duration. In this way, the HVAC system may be advantageously used to expose the vehicle interior to temperatures that kill or inactive microbes.

Method and system for a vehicle sanitizing mode

A vehicle thermal management system including an electric powertrain, a single thermal loop, and a controller is provided. The electric powertrain includes a high voltage battery. The single thermal loop is for managing thermal conditions of the high voltage battery and a vehicle cabin and may include a climate control system, a blower, and a front evaporator in fluid communication with the vehicle cabin. The controller is programmed to, responsive to detection of a climate control system off request, output a command to direct the blower to push air through a heater core to the vehicle cabin at a predetermined temperature such that a temperature within the vehicle cabin is maintained at a predetermined temperature and refrigerant continues to flow through the front evaporator. The system may include a vehicle cabin temperature sensor and an ambient temperature sensor, each in electrical communication with the controller.

Vehicle cabin and high voltage battery thermal management system

Secondary loop air conditioning and heat pump systems include a reservoir with a capsule holding a phase change material.

Multifunction reservoir for a secondary loop, climate control system and a secondary loop climate control system incorporating that multifunction reservoir

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Manfred Koberstein