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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Valeo Systemes Thermiques, La Verriere, FR;
Tim Mayer, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Cody Barnebee, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Steven Marshall, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Richard Sikorski, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Jason Kreucher, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Cergy Pontoise, FR;
Abstract
An HVAC unit including: a first aperture, a second aperture and a third aperture, the first aperture and the second aperture being arranged to receive an exterior airflow, and the third aperture being arranged to receive an interior airflow; a first door; a second door, separate from the first door; and a third door; wherein the HVAC unit defines a fresh air mode when the first door is in the open position, the second door is in the open position, and the third door is in the closed position; a partial-recirculation air mode when the first door is in the open position, the second door is in the closed position, and the third door is in the partially-open position; and a recirculation air mode when the first door is in the closed position, the second door is in the closed position, and the third door is in the open position.