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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Debasish Dhar, Canton, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ross Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brad Alan VanDerWege, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/03 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/034 (2013.01); B60H 1/00885 (2013.01); B60H 1/143 (2013.01); B60H 1/3223 (2013.01); B60H 1/3227 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00949 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and system for providing heat to a vehicle are presented. In one example, a refrigerant loop is operated to heat a passenger cabin via heat generated by a compressor and heat generated by a resistive heating element. The heat that is generated by the compressor and the heat that is generated by the resistive heating element is transferred to a refrigerant before it is transferred to the passenger cabin.