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US 2007/0175228 A1Published application
System, method, and apparatus for integrated cooling of a vehicle cabin and a personal climate system worn by an occupant thereof
AssigneeSCS Frigette
InventorRobert Tigner
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for the integrated cooling of a vehicle and the personal climate systems worn by its occupants allows the components of the vehicle's refrigeration system to provide simultaneous cooling for both the vehicle and the occupants. A portion of the refrigerant circulated through the refrigeration system is redirected to a heat exchanger that chills the fluid circulated through the personal climate systems.
Claims15
A system, comprising:
- a vehicle for transporting occupants thereof, the vehicle having an interior cabin and a ventilation system for cooling the interior cabin of the vehicle by cycling a refrigerant in a refrigeration system;
- a garment adapted to be worn by an occupant of the vehicle, the garment having a fluid circulation system for circulating a fluid to cool the occupant of the vehicle;
- and
- a chiller mounted to the vehicle and connected to both the refrigeration system of the ventilation system and to the fluid circulation system of the garment, such that the chiller uses at least a portion of the refrigerant to reduce a temperature of the fluid in the fluid circulation system of the garment.
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A cooling system, comprising:
- a ventilation system adapted to cool an interior cabin of a vehicle by cycling a refrigerant in a refrigeration system;
- a garment adapted to be worn by an occupant of the vehicle, the garment having a fluid circulation system adapted to circulate a fluid to cool the occupant of the vehicle;
- and
- a chiller adapted to be connected to both the refrigeration system of the ventilation system and to the fluid circulation system of the garment, such that the chiller is adapted to use at least a portion of the refrigerant to reduce a temperature of the fluid in the fluid circulation system of the garment.
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A method of conditioning an atmosphere in a vehicle, comprising:
- (a) providing the vehicle with a ventilation system that cycles a refrigerant;
- (b) circulating air cooled by the refrigerant into a cabin of the vehicle;
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- (c) circulating a fluid cooled by the refrigerant through a garment worn by an occupant of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.