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Cabin purge for vehicle ventilating and cooling system

US11084353B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

8Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Mark Allen Dearth · Dearborn, US
Paul Bryan Hoke · Plymouth, US
Lawrence C. Karas · New Boston, US
Eric Gerd Schaefer · Kent, US
Timothy James Hallifax · Melbourne, AU
Rainer Vogt · Bad Reichenhall, DE
Volker Scheer · Roetgen, DE
Timothy John Wallington · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/88
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle ventilating/cooling system may include at least one sun-load sensor arranged within the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a sun-load signal indicating a sun-load level from the sensor and programmed to instruct at least one cooling component to conduct a purge of vehicle cabin air in response to the sun-load level exceeding a sun-load threshold.

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