Patent Application
20210078385
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The disclosure relates to HVAC devices and more particularly pertains to a new HVAC device for quickly regulating vehicle temperature upon entry.
The prior art relates to HVAC devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a control housing having a housing body and a faceplate. The control housing is configured to be coupled within a dashboard of a vehicle. A plurality of controls is coupled to the faceplate of the control housing. A CPU is in operational communication with the plurality of controls. A blower fan is configured to be coupled within the dashboard and to be in operational communication with a battery of the vehicle and the CPU. A heating unit is in operational communication with the blower fan and the CPU. The heating unit is configured to be coupled within the dashboard. A cooling unit is in operational communication with the blower fan and the CPU. The cooling unit is configured to be coupled within the dashboard. A diverter solenoid is in operational communication with each of the heating unit and the cooling unit. The diverter solenoid is configured to be coupled within the dashboard. A vent housing is configured to be coupled to a dash underside of the dashboard and has a vent grille. A discharge vent is coupled to the vent housing and is in operational communication with the diverter solenoid. The discharge vent extends from the diverter solenoid to the vent grille.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A blower fan 36 is configured to be coupled within the dashboard 18 and to be in operational communication with a battery 38 of the vehicle and the CPU 34. A heating unit 40 is in operational communication with the blower fan 36 and the CPU 34. The heating unit 40 is configured to be coupled within the dashboard 18. A cooling unit 42 is in operational communication with the blower fan 36 and the CPU 34. The cooling unit 42 is configured to be coupled within the dashboard 18 adjacent the heating unit 40. A diverter solenoid 44 is in operational communication with each of the heating unit 40 and the cooling unit 42 and is configured to be coupled within the dashboard 18. A vent housing 46 the is configured to be coupled to a dash underside 48 of the dashboard. The vent housing 46 has a vent grille 50 and the vent grille 50 may be louvered. A bottom side 52 of the vent housing may have a first portion 54 parallel to the dash underside 48 and a second portion 56 extending at an angle from the first portion 54 to the dash underside 48. A discharge vent 58 is coupled to the vent housing 46. The discharge vent 58 is in operational communication with the diverter solenoid 44 and extends to the vent grille 50.
In use, a user sets the timer 28 to the desired setting and presses either the hot activator switch 24 or the cold activator switch 26 to engage the heating unit 40 or the cooling unit 42, respectively. The diverter solenoid 44 moves to direct air from the blower fan 36 through the desired heating unit 40 or cooling unit 42 and out the discharge vent 58 for the preset amount of time to quickly create a comfortable climate within the vehicle 20.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
