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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Noah Blatchley, Dearborn, MI (US);
Angel Fernando Porras, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rohan Shrivastava, Livonia, 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 1/00785 (2013.01); B60H 1/00914 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00949 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing de-icing a heat pump exchanger and heating a vehicle cabin are presented. In one example, a climate control system that experiences icing of the exterior heat exchanger may be operated in a first mode where thermal energy from the energy storage device is used to de-ice and also heat the cabin.