US 12,246,576 B2
Fully variable and integral aeration flap controller
Robert Herbolzheimer, Groebenzell (DE); Thomas Hoehensteiger, Munich (DE); Andreas Krompass, Simbach am Inn (DE); Stefan Oberberger, Gilching (DE); and Michael Wakolbinger, Eschenlohe (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/271,887
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/067663
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043364, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 214 550.4 (DE), filed on Aug. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0260960 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00871 (2013.01) [B60H 1/004 (2013.01); B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00971 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automatic and fully variable aeration flap control in a vehicle, comprising:
a first interface configured to read out a target value for an aeration flap setting or strength of an airflow of an aeration outlet;
a data memory configured to provide a plurality of configurations of aeration flap settings, wherein out of the plurality of configurations of aeration flap settings, each configuration assigns each combination of aeration flap settings a resulting noise level and a resulting power consumption;
a second interface configured to specify a weighting between noise level and power consumption; and
a control unit configured to adapt each of the target values for the respective aeration flap setting or strength of the respective airflow as a function of the specified weighting, wherein
the specified weighting is associated with a determination of which of the power consumption or the noise level is more tolerated.