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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Bruce Bryant, Manassas, VA (US);
Suresh Sureshbabu, Canton, MI (US);
Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Bryant, Manassas, VA (US);
Suresh Sureshbabu, Canton, MI (US);
Michiel J. van Nieuwstadt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of cooling an engine control unit (ECU) coupled to an engine in a vehicle having a cabin climate control system, comprising operating the vehicle cabin climate control system according to a customer-based climate control setting during a first operating condition, and overriding said customer-based setting during a second operating condition including an ECU over-temperature condition.