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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Michael Hrecznyj, Livonia, MI (US);
Sarah Marie Shaw, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jeff Robert Seaman, Petersburg, MI (US);
Brendan Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A climate management system for a compartment of a vehicle includes a divider selectively disposed in the compartment to divide the compartment into two zones in response to connection with a wall of the compartment. The system further includes a sensor monitoring the compartment and configured to detect the divider in the compartment. The system further includes at least one fluid connection in the compartment. The system further includes at least one actuator configured to control fluid flow through the at least one fluid connection. The system further includes control circuitry in communication with the sensor and the at least one actuator and is configured to communicate a signal to adjust the at least one actuator based on the detection of the divider.