Patent ID: 11867424
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. A thermal control system, comprising:
a thermal module defining an intake flow path for travel of intake airflow and an exhaust flow path for travel of exhaust airflow;
a thermal loop circulating a working fluid and including a first heat exchanger configured to heat the working fluid and a second heat exchanger configured to cool the working fluid,
wherein the first heat exchanger is positioned in the intake flow path and in the exhaust flow path and is configured to cool the intake airflow and the exhaust airflow that passes through the first heat exchanger, and
wherein the second heat exchanger is positioned downstream of the first heat exchanger in the intake flow path and is configured to heat the intake airflow that passes through the second heat exchanger; and

a mode door disposed in the thermal module between the intake flow path and the exhaust flow path, the mode door having:
a first position configured to route the intake airflow to bypass the first heat exchanger and pass through the second heat exchanger, the first position further configured to route the exhaust airflow to pass through the first heat exchanger;
a second position configured to route the exhaust airflow to bypass the first heat exchanger, the second position further configured to route the intake airflow to pass through the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger; and
a third position configured to route the intake airflow and the exhaust airflow to pass through the first heat exchanger.