Supplemental heating and cooling sources for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLakhi Nandlal Goenka, Eric Keith Haupt, Heidi Crandall
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Abstract
An HVAC system includes a primary HVAC unit and a supplemental heat exchanger. The primary HVAC unit is disposed within a passenger compartment region of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment. The supplemental heat exchanger is spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment region of the motor vehicle. The supplemental heat exchanger is configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit.
Claims20
An HVAC system, comprising:
- a primary HVAC unit disposed within a passenger compartment region of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment;
- and
- a supplemental heat exchanger spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment region of the motor vehicle, the supplemental heat exchanger configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit.
An HVAC system, comprising:
- a primary HVAC unit disposed within a passenger compartment region of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment;
- and
- a supplemental heat exchanger spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment region of the motor vehicle, the supplemental heat exchanger configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit,
- wherein the supplemental heat exchanger is positioned in one of an A-pillar and a B-pillar of the passenger compartment and has an inlet in fluid communication with an engine coolant supply conduit through which hot coolant from an engine of the motor vehicle flows for the supplemental heating of the passenger compartment.
An HVAC system, comprising:
- a primary HVAC unit disposed within a passenger compartment region of a motor vehicle and configured for at least one of heating and cooling a passenger compartment;
- and
- a supplemental heat exchanger spaced apart from the primary HVAC unit and also disposed within the passenger compartment region of the motor vehicle, the supplemental heat exchanger configured to supplement at least one of the heating and the cooling of the passenger compartment by the primary HVAC unit,
- wherein the supplemental heat exchanger is positioned in one of an A-pillar and a B-pillar of the passenger compartment and has an inlet in fluid communication with a refrigerant supply conduit through which refrigerant from an air conditioning refrigeration system of the motor vehicle flows for the supplemental cooling of the passenger compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.