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US 7,246,496 B2Granted
Thermoelectric based heating and cooling system for a hybrid-electric vehicle
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLakhi N. Goenka, Douglas T. Crane, Lon E. Bell
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Abstract
A heating and cooling system including a first and second thermoelectric module each has a first surface and a second surface. In thermal communication with the first and second surfaces of the thermoelectric modules are separate heat exchangers. A thermal storage device is in thermal communication with the first surface of the second thermoelectric module. The thermal storage device is configured to store thermal energy generated by the second surface of the second thermoelectric module.
Claims18
A heating and cooling system for a vehicle, the heating and cooling system comprising:
- a first thermoelectric module configured to receive a regenerative pulse, the first thermoelectric module having a first surface in thermal communication with a first heat exchanger;
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- at least one thermal storage device in thermal communication with the first surface of the first thermoelectric module, whereby the thermal storage device is configured to store at least a portion of the thermal energy generated by the first surface of the first thermoelectric module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.