Patent ID: 7216812

Claim:
A device for conditioning a motor vehicle, comprising at least one electrically operated conditioning device ( 24 , 28 , 32 , 36 ), a hot air supply system with a heat source and a delivery arrangement ( 18 ) for delivering heated air into a vehicle interior ( 20 ), a fuel cell system ( 38 ) for providing electrical energy for the at least one conditioning arrangement ( 24 , 28 , 32 , 36 ) or the delivery arrangement ( 18 ), wherein the fuel cell system ( 38 ) comprises a reformer arrangement ( 42 ) for producing a hydrogen-containing reformation product and a fuel cell ( 40 ), and comprises a burner for combustion with air of residual hydrogen leaving the fuel cell ( 40 ), wherein the hot air supply system includes the fuel cell system ( 38 ) as heat source and a heat exchanger arrangement ( 60 ) for transferring heat arising in a region of the fuel cell system ( 38 ) to air to be delivered into the vehicle interior ( 20 ), and wherein heat arising in at least one of a region of the reformer arrangement ( 42 ) and in a region of the burner is transferred to the air to be delivered into the vehicle interior ( 20 ).