Apparatus for controlling fan motor of vehicle cooling fan and method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsTaewan Kim, Kiran Kumar M., S. S. Harish
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Abstract
An apparatus including an air conditioner device including a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a compressor, a cooling fan configured to cool the condenser, wherein the cooling fan includes a fan motor and a blade, a sensing unit, and a controller configured to determine whether an operating condition of the cooling fan and a flooding condition of a vehicle are satisfied based on driving information of the vehicle detected by the sensing unit and to control an operation of the fan motor of the cooling fan according to whether the vehicle is flooded.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an air conditioner device comprising a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a compressor;
- a cooling fan configured to cool the condenser, wherein the cooling fan comprises a fan motor and a blade;
- a sensing unit;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether an operating condition of the cooling fan and a flooding condition of a vehicle are satisfied based on driving information of the vehicle detected by the sensing unit and to control an operation of the fan motor of the cooling fan according to whether the vehicle is flooded.
A method of controlling a fan motor of a vehicle cooling fan, the method comprising:
- determining whether an operating condition of a cooling fan for cooling a condenser of an air conditioner device is satisfied based on driving information of a vehicle detected by a sensing unit;
- determining whether a flooding condition of the vehicle is satisfied based on the driving information;
- and
- controlling an operation of a fan motor of the cooling fan based on whether the cooling fan operates and whether the vehicle is flooded.
A vehicle comprising:
- a cooling system comprising an engine, a radiator, a water pump, and a cooling fan, wherein the engine, the radiator, and the water pump are disposed on a cooling line;
- an air conditioner device integrated in the cooling system, wherein the air conditioner device comprises a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator disposed on a refrigerant line;
- a sensing unit;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether an operating condition of the cooling fan and a flooding condition of the vehicle are satisfied based on driving information of the vehicle detected by the sensing unit and to control an operation of a fan motor of the cooling fan based on whether the vehicle is flooded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.