Supplemental thermal storage
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorLakhi Nandlal Goenka
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Abstract
The present technology relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle with supplemental thermal storage, the HVAC system having a length greater than a width and disposed with the length parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle between the front seats thereof. The HVAC system includes a blower assembly disposed beneath an instrument panel of the motor vehicle or inside an engine compartment. A thermal storage device in thermal communication with air caused to flow through the HVAC system.
Claims20
An HVAC system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing having a length greater than a width, the housing disposed with the length substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle;
- a blower assembly disposed within the housing, the blower assembly disposed adjacent an instrument panel of the motor vehicle;
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- a thermal storage device in thermal communication with air caused to flow through the HVAC system.
The HVAC system of Claim I, wherein the blower assembly is disposed beneath the instrument panel.
An HVAC system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing having a length greater than a width, the housing disposed with the length substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle;
- a blower assembly disposed within the housing, the blower assembly disposed adjacent an instrument panel of the motor vehicle;
- a heat exchanger disposed within the housing, the heat exchanger in thermal communication with air caused to flow through the HVAC system;
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- a thermal storage device in thermal communication with the heat exchanger, the thermal storage device comprising a phase change material.
An HVAC system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing having a length greater than a width, the housing disposed with the length substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle;
- a blower assembly disposed within the housing, the blower assembly disposed adjacent an instrument panel of the motor vehicle;
- a heat exchanger disposed within the housing, the heat exchanger in thermal communication with air caused to flow through the HVAC system;
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- a thermal storage device in thermal communication with the heat exchanger, the thermal storage device comprising a coolant loop in thermal communication with the heat exchanger and one of a coolant reservoir and a phase change material disposed outside of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.