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US 8,078,324 B2Granted
Method for controlling fixed and removable vehicle HVAC devices
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorJeffrey L. Oakes
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Abstract
An idle control system for a vehicle is provided.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer performs steps, the steps comprising:
- determining an operation status of an engine of a vehicle;
- determining a temperature set point for at least a portion of the vehicle;
- controlling a vehicle-integrated HVAC device in response to the operation status of the engine of the vehicle and the temperature set point;
- and
- controlling a non-vehicle-integrated HVAC device in response to the operation status of the engine of the vehicle, the temperature set point and the controlling the vehicle-integrated HVAC device.
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A method of controlling an HVAC system including:
- determining an operating status of an engine of a vehicle;
- determining a temperature set point for at least a portion of the vehicle;
- controlling a fixed-installation HVAC device of the vehicle in response to the operating status of the engine of the vehicle and the temperature set point;
- and
- controlling the removable HVAC device in response to the operating status of the engine of the vehicle, the temperature set point and the controlling the fixed-installation HVAC device wherein controlling the fixed-installation HVAC device and controlling the removable HVAC device is accomplished by a common computer readable media.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.