Patent · US Expired

Method and device for air conditioning the interior of a motor vehicle

US6539730B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by

12References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ullrich Hesse · Marbach am Neckar, DE
Dietmar Steiner · Welzheim, DE
Armin Marko · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2000
Grant date	Apr 1, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60H1/32331
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for use in the air conditioning of an interior of a motor vehicle equipped with an air conditioning system. In particular, the condensation water, produced when operating the air conditioning system while driving, is collected when the vehicle is standing still, and the intake air supplied to the interior or the outgoing air removed from the interior is humidified with the collected water so that the vehicle is cooled by evaporative cooling when it is standing still. While driving, the outside air intake may be pre-cooled by the cooled outgoing air by using a heat exchanger.

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