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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tim Van Evans, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Manfred Koberstein, Troy, MI (US);
Angelo Patti, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Saad Afzal Bhatti, Southgate, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); F28D 9/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00764 (2013.01); B60H 1/00007 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 1/00342 (2013.01); B60H 1/32281 (2019.05); B60H 1/323 (2013.01); F28D 9/005 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0013 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0084 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle having a heating and cooling system includes a refrigerant loop for conveying refrigerant, a coolant loop for conveying coolant, a chiller configured to convey the refrigerant and the coolant, and a vessel coupled to the chiller and having a phase change material disposed in the vessel. The phase change material is configured to freeze via heat transfer from the phase change material to the refrigerant and melt via heat transfer from the coolant to the phase change material.