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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Per Thomas Vikstrom, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent George Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Franz Von Holzhausen, Malibu, CA (US);
Paul Daniel Yeomans, Oxfordshire, GB;
Per Thomas Vikstrom, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent George Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Franz von Holzhausen, Malibu, CA (US);
Paul Daniel Yeomans, Oxfordshire, GB;
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle thermal management system is provided that includes two or more heat exchangers configured in a non-stacked arrangement, where separate air inlets corresponding to each of the heat exchangers allow a direct intake of ambient air. Active louver systems consisting of sets of adjustable louvers and a control actuator are used to control and regulate air flowing directly into one or more of the heat exchangers, where the adjustable louvers are either adjustable between two positions, i.e., opened and closed, or adjustable over a range of positions. Air ducts may be used to couple the output from one heat exchanger to the input of a different heat exchanger.