Patent ID: 11897437
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  F | IPC A  B  F

Claim 15:
16. A vehicle system, comprising:
a powertrain;
a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system;
a cabin;
one or more ultraviolet (UV) light sources positioned within the cabin;
a control system, including a plurality of control modules communicatively coupled over a controller area network; and
computer-readable instructions stored in non-transitory memory of one or more of the plurality of control modules that, when executed, cause the control system to:
increase an amount of heat generated by the powertrain and transferred to air provided to the cabin via the HVAC system while operating in a vehicle cleaning mode relative to a nominal climate control mode;
activate the one or more UV light sources to emit UV light while operating in the vehicle cleaning mode; and
maintain the one or more UV light sources deactivated while operating in the nominal climate control mode;

wherein the vehicle cleaning mode includes one or more of sanitizing and decontaminating, wherein the powertrain includes an engine and an engine cooling system, and to increase the amount of heat generated by the powertrain and provided to the cabin via the HVAC system while operating in the vehicle cleaning mode, the computer-readable instructions, when executed, cause the control system to:
increase an idle speed of the engine relative to the nominal climate control mode while operating in a heating portion of the vehicle cleaning mode; and
turn off an engine cooling fan of the engine cooling system while operating in the heating portion of the vehicle cleaning mode.