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US 9,434,284 B2Granted
Thermostat device
AssigneeGentherm Incorporated
InventorGabor Voros
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a temperature control device with at least one heat source and, additionally or alternatively, a heat sink and with at least one temperature detector for monitoring the temperature of the temperature control device. It is provided that the temperature control device comprises a sensor temperature control device that can be selectably switched on in order to additionally temper the temperature detector at least in some operating stages.
Claims20
A temperature control device comprising:
- a. at least one heat source heating the temperature control device;
- b. at least one temperature detector for monitoring a temperature of the temperature control device, the at least one temperature detector being heated by the at least one heat source;
- and
- c. a sensor temperature control device having a heating part;
- wherein the heating part is configured to be selectably switched on in order to additionally heat the at least one temperature detector independently of the at least one heat source at least in some operating stages,
- wherein the heating part is selectively switched on and the at least one temperature detector is independently and additionally heated such that a theoretical temperature of the temperature control device detected by the at least one temperature detector is reached before the theoretical temperature has actually been reached so that the at least one heat source is lowered or turned off before the theoretical temperature is reached, and
- wherein when the heating part is selectively switched on and the at least one temperature detector is independently and additionally heated, an operating temperature of the at least one heat source is lower than an operating temperature of the at least one heat source when the heating part is not switched on.
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A method comprising:
- operating a temperature control device with as temperature detector having at least two different temperature stages, the operating step comprising:
- a. operating a heat source or a cooling device in a first operating stage;
- b. monitoring a temperature of the heat source or the cooling device using the temperature detector;
- and
- c. selectively switching on a sensor temperature control device in a second operating stage and additionally and independently changing a temperature on the temperature control device such that a theoretical temperature of the temperature control device detected by the temperature detector is reached before the theoretical temperature has actually been reached,
- wherein the step of selectively switching on the sensor temperature control device includes independently and additionally heating the temperature detector with an additional heating part so that an operating temperature of the beat source is lower than an operating temperature of the heat source when the sensor temperature control device is not switched on, and/or
- wherein the step of selectively switching on the sensor temperature control device includes independently and additionally cooling the temperature detector with the additional cooling device so that an operating temperature of the cooling device is higher than an operating temperature of the cooling device when the sensor temperature control device is not switched on.
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A temperature control device comprising:
- a. a cooling device;
- b. at least one temperature detector for monitoring a temperature of the temperature control device, the temperature detector being cooled by the cooling device;
- and
- c. a sensor temperature control device;
- wherein the sensor temperature control device comprises an additional cooling device that can be selectably switched on in order to independently and additionally cool the at least one temperature detector, and
- wherein the additional cooling device is selectively switched on and the at least one temperature detector is independently and additionally cooled such that a theoretical temperature of the temperature control device detected by the at least one temperature detector is reached before the theoretical temperature of the temperature control device has actually been reached so that the cooling device can be regulated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.