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US 10,953,721 B2Granted
Electrified vehicle with climate controlled front trunk and corresponding method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJordan Gruber
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle with a climate controlled front trunk and a corresponding method. An example electrified vehicle includes a thermal management system configured to circulate fluid to thermally condition a battery, a front trunk, and a valve configured to selectively permit fluid from the thermal management system to thermally condition the front trunk.
Claims13
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a thermal management system configured to circulate fluid to thermally condition a battery;
- a front trunk;
- and
- a valve configured to selectively permit fluid from the thermal management system to thermally condition the front trunk,
- wherein the valve is in fluid communication with the thermal management system,
- wherein the valve is responsive to instructions from a controller to selectively permit fluid to thermally condition the front trunk,
- wherein the front trunk includes a housing and one of a thermal exchange plate and a thermal exchange jacket, and
- wherein the valve is arranged such that fluid flowing through the valve flows to the one of the thermal exchange plate and the thermal exchange jacket.
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An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a thermal management system configured to circulate fluid to thermally condition a battery;
- a front trunk;
- and
- a valve configured to selectively permit fluid from the thermal management system to thermally condition the front trunk,
- wherein the valve is in fluid communication with the thermal management system,
- wherein the valve is responsive to instructions from a controller to selectively permit fluid to thermally condition the front trunk,
- wherein the thermal management system includes at least one of a battery cooling loop and a battery heating loop,
- wherein the valve is in fluid communication with the at least one of the battery cooling loop and the battery heating loop,
- wherein the thermal management system includes a bypass valve responsive to instructions from the controller, and
- wherein the bypass valve is configured to selectively direct fluid such that the fluid flowing within the thermal management system bypasses the battery.
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A method, comprising:
- thermally conditioning a front trunk with fluid from a thermal management system for a battery of an electrified vehicle by directing fluid from one of a battery cooling loop and a battery heating loop to one of a thermal exchange plate and a thermal exchange jacket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.