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Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Mark Allen Dearth, Dearborn, MI (US);

Paul Bryan Hoke, Plymouth, MI (US);

Lawrence C. Karas, New Boston, MI (US);

Eric Gerd Schaefer, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Timothy James Hallifax, Toorak, AU;

Rainer Vogt, Aachen, DE;

Volker Scheer, Roetgen, DE;

Timothy John Wallington, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00821 (2013.01); B60H 1/0075 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00778 (2013.01); B60H 1/00978 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/306 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/3086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle ventilating/cooling system may include at least one sun-load sensor arranged within the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a sun-load signal indicating a sun-load level from the sensor and programmed to instruct at least one cooling component to conduct a purge of vehicle cabin air in response to the sun-load level exceeding a sun-load threshold.


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