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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Franco Ragazzi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald Peter Schneider, Commerce Township, MI (US);
John Craig Elson, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A climate control system for a vehicle includes a thermal management system and a controller configured to activate the thermal management system. The controller activates the thermal management system to satisfy a remote precondition request for a cabin of the vehicle, responsive to receiving the remote precondition request, data indicating the vehicle is in a ventilated area, and an estimated precondition time being less than a threshold precondition time. Each of the estimated precondition and threshold precondition times are derived from the remote precondition request and data.