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US 2016/0236537 A1Published application
System and method of controlling ventilation of a passenger compartment of a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsClay Wesley Maranville, Paul Bryan Hoke
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Abstract
A system and method of controlling ventilation of a passenger compartment of a vehicle. An intake vent may be opened to allow ambient air to enter the passenger compartment and an exhaust vent may be opened to allow cabin air to exit the passenger compartment when the cabin air temperature is greater than the adjusted ambient air temperature value and a precipitation condition is not present.
Claims12
1-7. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- in response to cabin temperature exceeding a threshold temperature, an absence of a precipitation condition, and humidity being less than a threshold humidity, opening an intake vent located under a vehicle and an air exhaust inlet located in a cabin of the vehicle to prompt circulation of air through the vehicle due to differences in air temperature under the vehicle and in the cabin without operating a climate system.
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14-20. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- in response to cabin temperature exceeding a threshold temperature, an absence of a precipitation condition, and humidity being less than a threshold humidity, opening a wheel well intake vent of a vehicle and an air exhaust inlet located in a cabin of the vehicle to prompt circulation of air through the vehicle due to differences in air temperature at the intake and in the cabin without operating a climate system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.