Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning module for a vehicle

• Main Authors: ROSE, JR. MERVIN L, NAJM BECHARA E, WEBER VOLKER, MCQUARTERS NEDRA D, DELORME GILLES M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.12.2014
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING,OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODSSPACES OF VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COSMONAUTICS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MEASURING; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) module for a vehicle includes an HVAC structure to accommodate a plurality of HVAC system components, the HVAC structure configured to be installed in a host vehicle. The HVAC module also includes an interconnect network with a first group of the HVAC system components and a hub component, wherein the hub component is coupled to a second group of the HVAC system components. An HVAC module connector is coupled to the interconnect network to establish data connectivity between the interconnect network and an electronic control module of the host vehicle.