User demanded climate control in a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsNavneet Bhasin, Aurelien Lagrandcourt
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Abstract
A climate control system in a vehicle comprises a first vent unit adjacent to a driver seat; a second vent unit adjacent to a passenger seat; a climate control device configured to provide conditioned air to an occupant compartment; and a user input device to enable selection of a first climate control mode or a second climate control mode by a user. The conditioned air passes through the first vent unit at the first climate control mode and the conditioned air passes through the first and second vent units at the second climate control mode.
Claims20
A climate control system in a vehicle, comprising:
- a first vent unit adjacent to a driver seat;
- a second vent unit adjacent to a front passenger seat;
- a climate control device configured to provide conditioned air to an occupant compartment;
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- a user input device to enable selection of a first climate control mode or a second climate control mode by a user, wherein the conditioned air passes through the first vent unit at the first climate control mode and the conditioned air passes through the first vent unit and second vent unit at the second climate control mode.
A climate control system in a vehicle, comprising:
- a user input device;
- a climate control device configured to provide conditioned air to an occupant compartment;
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- a controller to control provision of the conditioned air in response to a driver's demand via the user input device, wherein the conditioned air passes through driver-side vent units and passenger-side vent units when a driver selects a full climate control mode via the user input device and passes through the driver-side vent units at a driver only climate control mode when the driver selects the driver only climate control mode via the user input device.
A method to operate a climate control system in a vehicle, comprising:
- generating conditioned air;
- providing the conditioned air to a first vent unit in response to selection of a first climate control mode via a user input device by a user;
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- providing the conditioned air to the first vent unit and a second vent unit in response to selection of a second climate control mode via the user input device by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.