Patent ID: 11884132
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 19:
20. A vehicle comprising:
an electric machine;
a battery configured to provide power to the electric machine;
an inverter configured to deliver power from the battery to the electric machine;
a DC to DC converter configured to deliver power from the battery to accessory components;
a heater configured to heat a vehicle cabin;
a plurality of cooling loops configured to (i) transport waste heat away from the electric machine, battery, inverter, and DC to DC converter, and (ii) transport the waste heat to the vehicle cabin; and
a controller programmed to,
in response to a command to heat the vehicle cabin in an economy mode, shut down the heater and operate the plurality of cooling loops to transport the waste heat to the vehicle cabin, and
in response to the command to heat the vehicle cabin in a conventional mode, operate the heater to heat the vehicle cabin.