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Automatic temperature control method and apparatus for an automotive vehicle

US5832990A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 1995
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24F11/30
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic interior temperature control system for an automotive vehicle capable of controlling heat flux in response to changes in ambient temperature, outlet temperature, sun load and air flow by taking into account the relationship between these four variables in accordance with thermodynamic principles wherein an adjustment in heat flux corrects interior temperature error.

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