Motor vehicle
AssigneeWebasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
InventorsWerner Baier, Reiner Friedl
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Abstract
A motor vehicle with a passenger compartment heating system that allows the interior of the compartment to be heated in substantially noiseless fashion, without a disturbing draft and with a reduction of power consumption. The heating system includes a heat exchanger connectable to the engine cooling circuit and a heater that is operable independent of the engine and a separately disposed heating element that is traversable by a liquid heat conductor. The separately disposed heating element is alternately connectable with the engine cooling circuit, the independently operable heater, and both the cooling circuit and independently operable heater.
Claims8
A motor vehicle with a passenger compartment comprising a heating system including a liquid heat conductor containing circuit, a heat exchanger with a hot air blower operable in association therewith for delivering heat to said passenger compartment, said heat exchanger being alternately connected to a portion of said liquid conductor circuit formed by a coolant circuit of an engine of the vehicle and a heater operable independent of said engine located in a first branch of said liquid conductor circuit, a heating element traversable by the liquid heat conductor located in a second branch of said liquid conductor circuit and valve means in said liquid conductor circuit between said first and second branches, said valve means (1) causing liquid heat conductor to flow from said heater to said heating element in a first position, (2) blocking flow of said liquid heat conductor from said first branch to said second branch while directing said flow to said heat exchanger in a second position, and (3) interconnecting said cooling circuit and said second branch while blocking flow from said first branch in a third position, and wherein a bunk and a partition are positioned in said compartment in a manner creating a flow path for air heated by said heating element over said partition, around said bunk and back to said heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.