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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vincent G. Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Curt R. O'Donnell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
TESLA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/2225 (2013.01); B60H 1/00064 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00128 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00192 (2013.01); B60H 2001/2287 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a first aspect, a vehicle HVAC system includes: a housing that defines at least first and second air conduits to a vehicle interior compartment; and at least first and second heat rods that each traverses the first and second air conduits, wherein a first positive temperature coefficient along a length of the first heat rod is greater at the first air conduit than at the second air conduit, and wherein a second positive temperature coefficient along a length of the second heat rod is greater at the second air conduit than at the first air conduit.