Method of heating and cooling at least one zone of a passenger compartment of a vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11179998
APP PUB NO 20190202265A1
SERIAL NO

16298252

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A method of heating and cooling at least one zone of a passenger compartment in a vehicle includes the steps of (a) pumping a coolant through an auxiliary coolant loop, (b) changing a temperature of the coolant utilizing a first heat exchanger associated with a refrigerant loop via an expansion device in the cooling mode, and a second heat exchanger associated with the refrigerant loop and (c) moving air through a third heat exchanger through which coolant moves, that third heat exchanger positioned in the passenger compartment, and at least one vent positioned within at least one zone of the passenger compartment.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE SUITE 800 DEARBORN MI 48126

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Koberstein, Manfred Troy, US 96 586
Sawyer, Robert Steven Farmington Hills, US 25 49

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