Patent ID: 8628025

Claim:
A vehicle waste heat recovery system comprising: a first pump in fluid communication with a fluid; an internal combustion engine operable to power rotation of a drive axle of a vehicle and defining an engine coolant passage having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the first pump; a waste heat recovery device having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the engine coolant passage; a condenser having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the waste heat recovery device and an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the first pump; and a cabin heat exchanger in fluid communication with the condenser and a second pump, the second pump being located between the cabin heat exchanger and the outlet of the waste heat recovery device, the waste heat recovery device operable in a cabin heating mode and a cabin cooling mode, the cabin heating mode including the second pump providing the fluid from the outlet of the waste heat recovery device through the cabin heat exchanger and then to the condenser and the cabin cooling mode including the second pump providing the fluid from the outlet of the waste heat recovery device through the condenser and then to the cabin heat exchanger.