Patent ID: 8316650
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: B60H,B60L,B60N,Y02A,Y02B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A heating and cooling system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a solar panel operatively disposed on a surface of the vehicle; a thermoelectric unit i) operatively disposed on or in an internal surface disposed inside a cabin area of the vehicle, and ii) operatively connected to the solar panel, the thermoelectric unit configured to at least one of heat or cool the internal surface in response to electric current applied thereto from the solar panel; and a control unit operatively associated with the thermoelectric unit, the control unit including computer readable code, embedded on a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium, for determining the amount and direction of the electric current to be applied to the thermoelectric unit by the solar panel, the computer readable code for the determining including: