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AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsHenry P. Dombrowski, Michael A. Dahl, Robert P. Hennessee
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A temperature sensing device for a vehicle samples air from an interior passenger compartment to determine passenger compartment temperature by purging air in a region surrounding a temperature sensor, in favor of passenger compartment air. A sensor triggered by door operation allows the purging process to begin before a passenger enters the vehicle and the vehicle's automatic temperature control system is activated. A method of accurately measuring the temperature of air in the passenger compartment of the vehicle involves the steps of sensing that the passenger is about to enter the vehicle purging the air in the region surrounding the sensor and drawing in air from the passenger compartment, and measuring the air at the sensor after the purging step.
A method for accurately measuring a temperature of air from an interior passenger compartment of a vehicle comprising the steps of:
For use in a temperature sensing device associated with an automatic temperature control system of a vehicle, wherein an aspirator is activated to purge air surrounding a thermistor in favor of air pulled from an interior passenger compartment of a vehicle such that a temperature measured by said thermistor corresponds to the temperature of said passenger compartment, an improvement comprising:
A temperature control device for a vehicle comprising:
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