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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Noah Blatchley, Dearborn, MI (US);
Franco Ragazzi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 47/02 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 5/04 (2006.01); F25B 6/04 (2006.01); B60H 1/03 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00921 (2013.01); B60H 1/00785 (2013.01); B60H 1/00885 (2013.01); B60H 1/00899 (2013.01); B60H 1/034 (2013.01); B60H 1/321 (2013.01); F25B 47/022 (2013.01); F25B 49/02 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00961 (2019.05); F25B 5/04 (2013.01); F25B 6/04 (2013.01); F25B 2339/047 (2013.01); F25B 2341/0662 (2013.01); F25B 2400/0409 (2013.01); F25B 2400/0411 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2513 (2013.01); F25B 2700/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and system for providing de-icing a heat pump heat exchanger and heating a vehicle passenger cabin are presented. In one example, a heat pump that experiences icing of exterior heat exchanger fins may be operated in a cooling mode where a passenger cabin heat exchanger operates as an evaporator to improve de-icing of the exterior heat exchanger fins.