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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2020
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael H. Carlson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Lawrence P. Ziehr, Clarkston, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/14 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/143 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.02);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a thermal energy management system with first and second thermal fluid loops. The first thermal fluid loop includes a coolant pump configured to circulate a coolant through a vehicle battery and a chiller. The second thermal fluid loop is configured to circulate a refrigerant through the chiller, a compressor, and at least one condenser. The controller is configured to control the thermal energy management system according to a passenger compartment cooling mode and a battery cooling mode. In the passenger compartment cooling mode the compressor is operated at a first power setting. In the battery cooling mode the compressor is operated at a second power setting and the chiller is controlled to transfer thermal energy from the first thermal fluid loop to the second fluid thermal loop. The second power setting is less than the first power setting.


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