Patent ID: 9365090
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B60H,F25B

Claim Text:
1. A climate control system for heating or cooling a passenger cabin of a vehicle during heatup of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle, the system comprising: a coolant conduit configured to convey a coolant therein and selectively in thermal communication with an engine coolant system, wherein the engine coolant system is in thermal communication with an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; a heater core disposed in an air flow provided to a passenger cabin of the vehicle and in thermal communication with the engine coolant system; a thermoelectric module including a thermoelectric element and in thermal communication with the coolant conduit, the thermoelectric element configured to transfer thermal energy between the coolant conduit and a heat transfer medium; a heat exchanger disposed in the air flow and in thermal communication with the thermoelectric module; and a controller configured to operate the climate control system in a plurality of modes of operation, and wherein the plurality of modes of operation comprises: wherein, in the heatup heating mode, the thermoelectric module provides heat to the air flow while temperature of the coolant from thermal energy of the internal combustion engine alone has not reached a desired temperature to heat the passenger cabin.