Inverter for an electric compressor comprising an auxiliary voltage supply that supplies a control electronics of the inverter with a DC voltage. The auxiliary voltage supply comprises a series circuit of a linear voltage regulator and a linear pre-regulator. The linear pre-regulator comprises a transistor and is connected to the input terminal of the linear voltage regulator. The linear pre-regulator and/or the linear voltage regulator are advantageously actively cooled by a refrigerant utilized in the electric compressor.

The invention relates to electronic technologies in automobile, and in particular, to an apparatus and method for processing vehicle emergency conditions. The apparatus for processing vehicle emergency conditions according to an aspect of the invention comprises: a first sound sensor disposed inside the vehicle; and a processing unit coupled with the first sound sensor, which is configured to determine whether an individual inside the vehicle is in an emergency condition according to signals collected by the first sound sensor and an internal environmental state of the vehicle, and to generate a command or instruction signal for executing emergency processing operation when the individual inside the vehicle is in an emergency condition.

A motion driven cooling system configured to operate with one or more transportation devices. The motion driven cooling system includes a moving object in communication with a transportation device. The moving object transfers power from the movement of the transportation device and operates a water pump system and a fan system. The cooling system includes a water housing configured to retain water. The water pump communicates with the moving object and is configured to move water from the water housing to a second location where the water passes through one or more elements and returns to the water housing. The fan communicates with the moving object and is configured to move air across the water at the second location so as to lower the temperature of the air. An outlet port directs the flow of air as desired.

A blower fan is driven, and conditioning air flows down through an evaporator and then is supplied into a vehicle compartment. An idling-stop condition in a roof-open state is set to make an idling stop to be relatively easily attained, compared to a roof-closed state, so that a fuel economy can be improved. When an outside-air temperature is a specified temperature or higher or a solar-radiation intensity is a specified degree or greater at an engine's automatic stop, the blower fan is driven, so that the conditioning air is supplied toward a passenger in a manner of an electric fan. The evaporator through which the conditioning air flows down is sufficiently cool at the timing right after the automatic stop of the engine. Accordingly, it is preferable to configure such that the sufficiently-cooled conditioning air is supplied for a properly-long period of time.

When a vehicle receives a remote air conditioning request from user equipment with a system of the vehicle stopped, the vehicle turns on a remote air conditioning request signal after starting the system, and executes remote air conditioning in which the air conditioner is operated with the engine in operation, on the condition that a recognized shift that is a recognized shift position is a parking position. When the recognized shift is not the parking position, the prohibition of the remote air conditioning is suspended when the elapsed time from the system start is less than the predetermined time, and the prohibition of the remote air conditioning is determined when the elapsed time is equal to or more than the predetermined time.

A vent assembly can transition between multiple configurations to provide various types of airflow. A vent assembly can include multiple groups of vanes that can be separately controlled to direct airflow in the same or different directions. Such directional control can include a cam-based mechanism to aim multiple vents in both one or more common directions and one or more different (e.g., opposing) directions. The cam mechanism can be operated to aim the multiple vents (e.g., of each group) in each of a common first direction, a common second direction, and in opposing directions.

A thermal management system for a vehicle having a first flow channel, a second flow channel, a first pump device, a second pump device, a single driving device, and a clutch device. The first pump device is fluidly connected to the first flow channel and the second pump device is fluidly connected to the second flow channel. The driving device is connected to the first pump device to drive the first pump device. The clutch device is connected between the driving device and the second pump device and is configured to connect or disconnect the driving device and the second pump device to selectively allow the driving device to drive the second pump device, to selectively convey fluid through the second flow channel. The single driving device includes a single motor. This thermal management system increases flexibility and efficiency of fluid flow control while reducing cost, size, and weight. The present disclosure also uses the first pump device to drive the clutch device to allow the driving device to drive the second pump device, thereby also saving cost for the clutch device.

A transport climate control system configured to provide climate control within a climate controlled space towed by a vehicle is provided. The transport climate control system includes an electrical isolation box configured to house and a drive module and a compressor. The drive module receives power from a vehicle power network including a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) to power the compressor. The drive module and the compressor are electrically isolated at a climate control system electrical potential reference, which is different from an electrical potential reference of a vehicle chassis to which the electrical isolation box is connected.