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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2010
Applicants:

Susan Rebecca Cikanek, Northville, MI (US);

William David Treharne, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Paul Stephen Bryan, Belleville, MI (US);

Melinda A. Mack, Plymouth, MI (US);

Inventors:

Susan Rebecca Cikanek, Northville, MI (US);

William David Treharne, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Paul Stephen Bryan, Belleville, MI (US);

David Jason Mack, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/3208 (2013.01); B60H 1/00392 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3273 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling power consumption of a compressor of an automotive vehicle climate system may include identifying an energy source providing energy to power the compressor and selecting an operating parameter of the climate system based on the identified energy source to control power consumption of the compressor.


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