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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Eric Rollinger, Troy, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Hugh Hamilton, Troy, MI (US);
Brent Jacobsen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steve Pryor Perry, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/32 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F04B 27/08 (2006.01); F04B 27/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/022 (2013.01); B60H 1/3216 (2013.01); F04B 27/0895 (2013.01); F04B 27/18 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3275 (2013.01); F25B 2327/00 (2013.01); F25B 2600/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling transitions between activating and deactivating a vehicle air conditioner compressor is disclosed. In one example, displacement of the air conditioner compressor is adjusted before the air conditioner is coupled to an energy conversion device. The method may provide smooth transitions between different air conditioner compressor control modes.