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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2024
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Konieczny, Witten, DE;
Fabian Kueppers, Hürth, DE;
Jan Mehring, Cologne, DE;
Hans Guenter Quix, Herzogenrath, DE;
Tobias Emig, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00021 (2013.01); B60H 1/00385 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00092 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00178 (2013.01); B60H 2001/003 (2013.01); B60K 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a temperature control system of a vehicle In one example, a system includes an evaporator directly upstream of a heat exchanger and a plurality of valves configured to adjust flow of air passing through one or more of the evaporator and the heat exchanger.