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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bradley Brodie, Milford, MI (US);
Erik Huyghe, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Lisa Florida, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark Kastner, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Denso International America, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/03 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/08 (2006.01); F25B 27/02 (2006.01); F24H 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00899 (2013.01); B60H 1/00764 (2013.01); B60H 1/00807 (2013.01); B60H 1/00921 (2013.01); B60H 1/03 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for regulating coolant temperature of an HVAC heat pump system with coolant heating. The method includes measuring temperature of coolant flowing through the system, and configuring a valve assembly of the system to direct coolant flow to a heater core from both an engine and an engine bypass line when temperature of the coolant is above a predetermined threshold.