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Method and apparatus for controlling air conditioning devices in a transportation vehicle

US11241937B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Anna-Lena Giesert · Seershausen, DE
Andreas Kaiser · Villeneuve-d'Ascq, FR
Malte Lansmann · Gardelegen, DE
Zeno Wolze · Berlin, DE
Oliver Hengstenberg · Berlin, DE
Jens Baumgarten · Berlin, DE
Markus Berg · Ismaning, DE
Jan Effertz · Sickte, DE
Karsten Helms · Wasbüttel, DE
Frank Andres · Bröckel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2018
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R16/037
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling air conditioning devices in a transportation vehicle wherein, upon the recording of an operator's air conditioning need and a conversion of the need into an air conditioning function for an air conditioning device, the implementability of the air conditioning need is compared with an influencing variable measured by a sensor. In response to the air conditioning need being recognized as implementable, information asserting this fact is issued to the operator. An apparatus for performing the method.

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