Patent · US Expired

Device for air conditioning a vehicle

US7216812B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

13References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Gunter Eberspach · Wolfschlugen, DE
Bruno Lindl · Remchingen, DE
Andreas Kaupert · Eßlingen, DE
Gerd Gaiser · Reutlingen, DE
Walter Blaschke · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2004
Grant date	May 15, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A device for conditioning a vehicle includes at least one electrically operated conditioning arrangement, a hot air supply system with a heat source, and a delivery arrangement for delivery of heated air into a vehicle interior, a fuel cell system for providing electrical energy for the at least one conditioning arrangement and the delivery arrangement. The hot air supply system includes the fuel cell system as heat source and also furthermore a heat exchanger arrangement for transferring heat arising in the region of the fuel cell system to the air to be delivered into the vehicle interior.

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