Automatic temperature control method and apparatus for an automotive vehicle
US5832990A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2015 |
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- 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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