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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jasbir Jaglan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Stewart Johnston, South Lyon, MI (US);
Alan Douglas Wallington, Livonia, MI (US);
Curtis Mark Jones, Wixom, MI (US);
Chris George Oehring, Monroe, MI (US);
Mark G. Smith, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle climate system when an ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature is provided. In response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold temperature, a controller is adapted to operate a blower motor at a voltage that depends on whether the vehicle is in charge sustain mode or charge deplete mode. The controller operates the blower motor according to a first voltage responsive to a charge sustain mode, and operates the blower motor according to a second voltage different than the first voltage in response to a charge deplete mode.