Patent ID: 7779639

Claim:
A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system for a hybrid vehicle, the system comprising: a first fluid circuit including a first conduit configured to convey a first fluid therein, said first circuit in thermal communication with an electric side of the hybrid vehicle; a second fluid circuit including a second conduit configured to convey the first fluid therein, said second circuit in thermal communication with a fuel fed side of the hybrid vehicle; a first thermoelectric device having a first heat transfer surface and a second heat transfer surface, the first heat transfer surface in thermal communication with at least one of said first circuit and said second circuit, the second heat transfer surface adapted to be in thermal communication with an air stream; and a first heat exchanger disposed in the air stream and in thermal communication with said second fluid circuit, wherein said first circuit, said second circuit, said first thermoelectric device, and said first heat exchanger cooperate to condition the air stream.