US 11,718,148 B2
Electrified vehicle refrigerant system
Angel Fernando Porras, Dearborn, MI (US); Timothy Noah Blatchley, Dearborn, MI (US); Brett Allen Dunn, Plymouth, MI (US); and Rohan Shrivastava, Livonia, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/877,487.
Prior Publication US 2019/0225047 A1, Jul. 25, 2019
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 9/00 (2006.01); F25B 5/02 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 31/00 (2006.01); F25B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00392 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00271 (2013.01); F25B 5/02 (2013.01); F25B 9/006 (2013.01); F25B 31/004 (2013.01); F25B 49/02 (2013.01); F25B 25/005 (2013.01); F25B 2600/01 (2013.01); F25B 2600/02 (2013.01); F25B 2600/0251 (2013.01); F25B 2700/1931 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal system for an electrified vehicle comprising:
a thermal loop including a rear evaporator and a compressor fluidly connected thereto, a conduit to distribute oil throughout the thermal loop, and an evaporator valve; and
a controller programmed to,
responsive to receipt of a signal indicating evaporator valve shut-off and detection of the vehicle being plugged in while parked, cycle the compressor to promote oil movement through the thermal loop and back to the compressor, and
time cycling of the compressor while the vehicle is plugged in based on presence of a scheduled remote start such that the cycling occurs earlier while the vehicle is plugged responsive to the presence of the scheduled remote start than the cycling occurs responsive to absence of the scheduled remote start in circumstances which the scheduled remote start occurs before an end of charging while the vehicle is plugged in.