Vehicle heat pump with defrosting mode
US10018401B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2400/0411
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
If an exterior heat exchanger is sensed to be frosted while a heat pump device is operating in a first heating operation mode in which two interior heat exchangers are used, the operation modes are switched into a second heating operation mode in which one interior heat exchanger is used, and then switched into a defrosting operation mode.
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