HVAC system for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9103573-B2
Application number	US-201313783113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2013
Priority date	Aug 2, 2006
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

A heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle is disclosed, the HVAC system including at least one thermoelectric device for providing supplemental heating and cooling for air supplied to a passenger compartment of the vehicle to maximize an efficiency of operation of the vehicle during operation of the HVAC system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
a first fluid circuit including a first conduit configured to convey a first fluid therein, said first circuit in thermal communication with an electric side of the vehicle;
a second fluid circuit including a second conduit configured to convey the first fluid therein;
a first thermoelectric device having a first heat transfer surface and a second heat transfer surf…

Assignees

• Gentherm Inc

Inventors

• Goenka Lakhi Nandlal
• Bell Lon Edward

Classifications

• F25B21/04 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• B60H1/00478

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60H1/00278 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60H2001/00307

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic