Engine pre-heating system and method for multiple vehicles
AssigneeAllied Green Technologies, Inc.
InventorJesse H. Henley
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Abstract
An engine pre-heating system includes a housing that houses a climate control heating element and a controller configured in the housing. The controller generates an energizing signal for controlling an amount of electrical power provided to multiple engine heating elements that are thermally coupled to the engines of multiple vehicles. The controller also generates a climate control signal for controlling the climate controlled heating element to maintain the controller inside the housing within a specified temperature range. The energizing signal provided to the engine heating elements is inversely proportional to an ambient temperature proximate the engines.
Claims20
An engine pre-heating system comprising:
- a housing;
- a climate control heating element for heating a space within the housing;
- and
- a controller configured in the housing and comprising at least one memory for storing
- a controller application that is executed on at least one processor to:
- generate an energizing signal for controlling an amount of electrical power provided to each of a plurality of engine heating elements thermally coupled to a plurality of engines of a corresponding plurality of vehicles, the energizing signal being inversely proportional to an ambient temperature proximate the plurality of engines;
- generate a climate control signal for controlling the climate controlled heating element to maintain the controller inside the housing within a specified temperature range.
An engine pre-heating method comprising:
- generating, using at least one processor executing an application stored in at least one memory, an energizing signal for controlling an amount of electrical power provided to each of a plurality of engine heating elements thermally coupled to a plurality of engines of a corresponding plurality of vehicles, the energizing signal inversely being proportional to an ambient temperature proximate the plurality of engines;
- and
- generating, using the at least one processor, a climate control signal for controlling a climate controlled heating element to maintain the space within the housing within a specified temperature range.
An engine pre-heating system comprising:
- a controller configured in a housing and comprising at least one memory for storing a controller application that is executed on at least one processor to:
- generate an energizing signal for controlling an amount of electrical power provided to each of a plurality of engine heating elements thermally coupled to a plurality of engines of a corresponding plurality of vehicles, the energizing signal inversely proportional to an ambient temperature proximate the plurality of engines;
- generate a climate control signal for controlling a climate controlled heating element to maintain the space within the housing within a specified temperature range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.