A passenger cabin heating system of a vehicle includes: a passenger cabin heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from a fluid within the passenger cabin heat exchanger to air passing the passenger cabin heat exchanger; a blower configured to blow air past the passenger cabin heat exchanger and into a passenger cabin of the vehicle; a housing; the fluid within the housing; and a propeller disposed within the housing and surrounded by the fluid and configured to rotate with a wheel of the vehicle, thereby warming the fluid within the housing.
KINETIC POWER CONVERTER FOR OCCUPANT HEATING OF VEHICLE
2024-01-25
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60H ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES , Anordnung oder Einbau der Heizung, Kühlung, Lüftung oder anderer Luftbehandlungsvorrichtungen für die Fahrzeugräume für Reisende oder Fracht / F24V COLLECTION, PRODUCTION OR USE OF HEAT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Sammeln, Erzeugen oder Verwenden von Wärme, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen |
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European Patent Office | 2021
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