Patent ID: 7334544

Claim:
A vehicle temperature control system, comprising: an internal combustion engine ( 12 ) with an engine block ( 30 ) and with a cylinder head ( 26 ), a heat source ( 14 ) for heating a heat transfer medium, a heat exchanger arrangement ( 16 ) for the transfer of heat transported in the heat transfer medium to air to be introduced into a vehicle interior ( 18 ), a valve arrangement ( 20 ), by means of which the heat transfer medium heated by the heat source can be fed selectively, at least in part, to a first heat transfer region ( 28 ), provided in the region of a cylinder head ( 26 ), of the internal combustion engine ( 12 ), without being conducted into a second heat transfer region ( 32 ), provided in the region of the engine block ( 30 ), of the internal combustion engine ( 12 ), the heat source ( 14 ) comprising a heating appliance preferably operable with fossil fuel and/or a fuel cell system.