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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Noah Blatchley, Dearborn, MI (US);
James George Gebbie, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Clay Wesley Maranville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 3/02 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/0065 (2013.01); B60H 1/00028 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 1/00485 (2013.01); B60H 1/00821 (2013.01); B60H 1/00921 (2013.01); B60H 3/022 (2013.01); G05D 23/19 (2013.01); G05D 23/1919 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary vehicle climate control operating method includes in a cooling mode, moving a valve to a first position and initializing the valve without moving the valve to a second position. In a heating mode, the method moves the valve to a second position and initializing the valve without moving the valve to the first position. The first position permits more flow than the second position.