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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Volvo Truck Corporation, Göteborg, SE;
Inventor:
John Gibble, Chambersburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Volvo Truck Corporation, Göteborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00764 (2013.01); B60H 1/00842 (2013.01); B60H 1/3208 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3266 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a controller configured to determine when an HVAC system is providing at least one of heating, ventilating and air conditioning to a primary zone and to determine when a drivetrain is providing energy to a power source or the power source is providing surplus energy to the drivetrain, and in response, to activate a low cost energy mode wherein the HVAC system is operated to provide the at least one of heating, ventilating and air conditioning to at least one secondary zone.