Title:
DUAL-MODE AUTOMOBILE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/102991
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present inventive disclosure is directed generally to an improved automobile air- conditioning system that can be operated while the automobile's engine is not running. In variations, a typical vapor-compression-cycle air-conditioning system is modified to allow the refrigerant compressor to be driven from either of two power sources: (1) from a traditional engine-mounted pulley system, or (2) from a DC-motor powered by an electrical source independent from the engine. In another variation, the air-conditioning system is driven by one or more thermal-electric-cooling (TEC) modules, wherein the TEC-based system is powered by an auxiliary DC-power source that in some variations is powered by, or at least supplemented by, a solar-energy grid. Additionally, a variation of the modified automobile air-conditioning system includes both the modified-compressor-based system and the TEC-based system, wherein the compressor-based system is used to initially cool-down an automobile passenger compartment, then is shutdown in favor of the TEC-based system.
Inventors:
DANIELS JEROME (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/022179
Publication Date:
November 15, 2012
Filing Date:
January 23, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DANIELS JEROME (US)
International Classes:
B60H1/00; B60H1/32; F04B17/00
Foreign References:
| US6796367B2 | 2004-09-28 | |||
| JP2007320393A | 2007-12-13 | |||
| JPH08142642A | 1996-06-04 | |||
| JP2007069657A | 2007-03-22 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WYLES, Terrence (LLC9137 E. Mineral Cir., Suite 28, Centennial Colorado, US)
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