US 11,970,044 B2
Heating and cooling system for a vehicle
Tim Van Evans, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Manfred Koberstein, Troy, MI (US); Angelo Patti, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US); and Saad Afzal Bhatti, Southgate, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/085,602.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134840 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); F28D 9/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00764 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00007 (2013.01); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 1/00342 (2013.01); B60H 1/32281 (2019.05); B60H 1/323 (2013.01); F28D 9/005 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0013 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0084 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0085 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle having a heating and cooling system, comprising:
a refrigerant loop for conveying refrigerant;
a coolant loop for conveying coolant;
a chiller configured to convey the refrigerant and the coolant;
a vessel coupled to the chiller and having a phase change material disposed within the vessel, wherein the phase change material is configured to freeze via heat transfer from the phase change material to the refrigerant and melt via heat transfer from the coolant to the phase change material; and
an engine operable between ON and OFF conditions, wherein the phase change material is configured to freeze via heat transfer from the phase change material to the refrigerant in the ON condition of the engine and to melt via heat transfer from the coolant to the phase change material in the OFF condition of the engine.
 
6. A vehicle having a heating and cooling system, comprising:
a refrigerant loop for conveying refrigerant;
a coolant loop for conveying coolant;
a plate chiller configured to convey the refrigerant and the coolant, the plate chiller comprising a first plate and a second plate; and
a vessel positioned between the first plate and the second plate, wherein a phase change material is disposed within the vessel, and the phase change material is configured to freeze via heat transfer from the phase change material to the refrigerant and to melt via heat transfer from the coolant to the phase change material.