Back to results
US 2020/0047591 A1Published application
Vehicle heating and cooling system and control method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJing He, Manfred Koberstein, Angelo Patti, Loren John Lohmeyer, III
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A vehicle heating and cooling system includes a refrigerated loop, a coolant loop and a control module. The refrigerant loop includes a condenser, an evaporator, a compressor and an expansion valve through which refrigerant flows. The coolant loop includes a plurality of heat exchangers, a plurality of coolant flow control valves, a first component circuit, an isolatable second component circuit and an external circuit.
Claims20
A vehicle heating and cooling system, comprising:
- a refrigerant loop including at least a condenser, an evaporator, a compressor and an expansion valve through which a refrigerant flows;
- a coolant loop including a plurality of air-to-coolant heat exchangers, a plurality of coolant flow control valves, a first component circuit including a first component and an isolatable second component circuit including a second component through which a coolant flows;
- and
- a control module connected to the plurality of coolant flow control valves to control the flow of the coolant through the coolant loop depending upon a mode of operation.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.