Vehicles, methods and assemblies for vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGerhard Friederich, Alexander Ein Waldt, Sergio Codonesu, Oliver Nehls, Goetz-Philipp Wegner
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Abstract
A disclosed example assembly to be installed in a powered motor vehicle, the assembly includes: a climate control system having a climate control circuit; and a steer-by-wire steering system having a road wheel actuator, wherein: a climate control medium circulates in the climate control circuit; the steer-by-wire steering system is coupled to the climate control system; and the climate control medium is applied at least indirectly to the road wheel actuator to cool and heat the road wheel actuator.
Claims20
An assembly to be installed in a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
- a climate control system having a climate control circuit;
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- a steer-by-wire steering system having a road wheel actuator, wherein:
- a climate control medium circulates in the climate control circuit;
- the steer-by-wire steering system is coupled to the climate control system;
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- the climate control medium is applied at least indirectly to the road wheel actuator to cool and heat the road wheel actuator.
A method to operate an assembly of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- circulating a climate control medium in a climate control circuit of a climate control system corresponding to a steer-by-wire system of the assembly;
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- applying the climate control medium at least indirectly to a road wheel actuator of the climate control system to cool and heat the road wheel actuator.
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a climate control system having a climate control circuit;
- a steer-by-wire system having a road wheel actuator, the steer-by-wire system coupled to the climate control system;
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- a climate control medium to circulate in the climate control circuit to cool and heat the road wheel actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.