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Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Trevor Burns, Milford Center, OH (US);

Derek Scott Adelman, Hilliard, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); F25D 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/005 (2013.01); B60H 1/323 (2013.01); B60H 2001/327 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3266 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3273 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); F25B 2400/24 (2013.01); F25D 16/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing an air conditioning compressor efficiency in a vehicle. The method and system includes determining one or more vehicle driving scores based on one or more vehicle driving factors. The system and method additionally includes predicting when the vehicle will be put into the vehicle idle stop state based on the one or more vehicle driving scores and providing air conditioning during a plurality of vehicle operating states. The providing of air conditioning during a plurality of vehicle operating states includes disabling an air conditioner compressor and providing cooling to a vehicle cabin from a cold storage evaporator when the vehicle is put into the vehicle idle stop state and continuing to provide cooling from the cold storage evaporator when the vehicle operating state changes from the vehicle idle stop state to an engine enabled state.


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