Vehicle heating system and method of using the same

US10279656B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Hans Guenter Quix · Herzogenrath, DE
• Andreas Kuske · Geulle, NL
• Franz Arnd Sommerhoff · Aachen, DE
• Norbert Andreas Schorn · Aachen, DE
• Helmut Matthias Kindl · Aachen, DE
• Vanco Smiljanovski · Bedburg, DE
• Joerg Kemmerling · Monschau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2014
• Grant date: May 7, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B29/0406
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a vehicle heating system for a vehicle with an engine and a charge air cooler, the vehicle heating system including a high-temperature cooling circuit coupled to the engine, a low-temperature cooling circuit coupled to the charge air cooler and including a low temperature cooler, and a heating heat exchanger coupled to the low-temperature cooling circuit.