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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2002
Wayne Oliver Forrest, Gasport, NY (US);
Phillip M. Sokolofsky, Akron, NY (US);
Delphi Technology, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved vehicle heating and air conditioning system includes a driver-manipulated temperature selector that is physically coupled to a discharge temperature control mechanism. The selector is operable in a normal mode in which movement of the selector away from a full cold setting produces a corresponding movement of the temperature control mechanism that increases the discharge air temperature by re-heating or a high fuel efficiency mode in which movement of the temperature selector away from the full cold setting allows the temperature control mechanism to remain in a full cold position for a limited range of selector movement while the discharge air temperature is increased by capacity reduction of the refrigerant compressor. The temperature selector is in the form of a rotary knob that is axially shiftable to change modes when the selector is positioned at the full cold setting and spring-biased so that the normal mode is established as the default mode.