Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balancing battery heating and cabin heating with shared thermal-management system
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Application No.: US17467898Application Date: 2021-09-07
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Publication No.: US11890914B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Jordan Mazaira , Angel Fernando Porras , Brett Allen Dunn , Zachary March , Alan Gutowski
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David B Kelley
- Main IPC: B60H1/00
- IPC: B60H1/00 ; B60L50/60 ; B60L58/26 ; B60H1/12 ; H01M10/6563 ; H01M10/625 ; H01M10/63 ; H01M10/663 ; H01M10/615 ; B60H1/02

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a traction battery, an electric machine powered by the traction battery and configured to power wheels of the vehicle, and a thermal-management system. The thermal-management system includes a battery loop, a cabin heating loop, and a valve configured to fluidly connect the battery loop and the cabin heating loop when in a first position and configured to fluidly isolate the battery loop and the cabin heating loop when in a second position. A controller is programmed to, responsive to (i) battery heating being requested, (ii) a temperature of the battery being greater than a lower threshold, and (iii) cabin heating being requested, actuate the valve to the first position to heat a cabin and the battery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230074313A1 BALANCING BATTERY HEATING AND CABIN HEATING WITH SHARED THERMAL-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-03-09
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