US 11,673,535 B2
Method and system for a vehicle sanitizing mode
Alan Gutowski, Wixom, MI (US); Curtis Jones, Wixom, MI (US); Manfred Koberstein, Troy, MI (US); Stephen White, Saline, MI (US); Peter Mitchell Lyon, Brighton, MI (US); John Rollinger, Troy, MI (US); Scott Thompson, Belleville, MI (US); M. Scott Christensen, Canton, MI (US); David Hancock, Flat Rock, MI (US); Adam Richards, Royal Oak, MI (US); Steve Skikun, Commerce Township, MI (US); Frank Fusco, Plymouth, MI (US); and Venkatesh Krishnan, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/864,751.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339712 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B60S 1/64 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 1/64 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00778 (2013.01); B60H 1/00785 (2013.01); B60H 1/00828 (2013.01); B60H 1/00835 (2013.01); B60H 1/00878 (2013.01); B60H 1/00885 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
responsive to receiving a request for cleaning an interior of a vehicle, operating a powertrain to increase an amount of heat generated and transferred to air provided to the interior via a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system relative to a nominal climate control mode, and operating the HVAC system to heat the interior above an upper threshold temperature for a first threshold duration; and
operating the powertrain and the HVAC system to provide air within a temperature range lower than the maximum threshold temperature.