US 12,240,292 B2
Vehicle air conditioning
Daniel James Woodfield, Swindon (GB); Ross Patrick Ferreira, Bristol (GB); Laurent James Peters, Bristol (GB); and Roy Edward Poulton, Swindon (GB)
Assigned to Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury (GB)
Appl. No. 17/279,982
Filed by Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052672
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/065284, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1815863 (GB), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032729 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00478 (2013.01) [B60H 3/0641 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00221 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a passenger cabin;
a door to the passenger cabin, the door having an inner side, an outer side, an upper side, and an underside; and
an air conditioning system comprising:
a Peltier device;
a blower for directing an airflow over a first side of the Peltier device; and
ducting for ducting air to the blower, the ducting comprising an inlet open to the passenger cabin, the inlet located on the underside of the door; and
an outlet open to the passenger cabin fluidly coupled with and downstream from the blower, the outlet disposed in the inner side of the door,
wherein the inlet of the ducting overlies a sill of the vehicle when the door is in a closed position.