Thermal conditioning systems and methods for vehicle regions

US10603976B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GENTHERM INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Ioannis Androulakis · Livonia, US
• Maurice Edward Phillips Gunderson · Orinda, US
• Wayne Swoyer Kauffman, III · Oak Park, US
• Dmitri Kossakovski · South Pasadena, US
• Darren Schumacher · Ann Arbor, US
• Scott Wolas · Newbury Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2020
• Expiry date: May 22, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60H2001/003
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Features for a vapor compression system configured to cool and/or heat (i.e. thermally condition) two or more distinct climate controlled vehicle interior components via a common thermal bus are disclosed. Some embodiments employ a single compressor. Some embodiments employ multiple compressors and/or thermal buses, each servicing components located within respective interior thermal zones of a vehicle, for example a front row seat zone, second and/or third row seat zones, and/or an overhead zone and/or a trunk zone.