A vehicle thermal management system includes a HVAC subsystem; a power electronics cooling subsystem; a plurality of heat recovery drive components; and a controller. The controller includes a required heat calculation module to calculate a required heat quantity for a heating operation of the HVAC subsystem. The controller includes a coefficient of performance (COP) calculation module to calculate a maximum COP of the HVAC subsystem in the heating mode and a heat recovery calculation module to calculate a maximum heat recovery quantity of the HVAC subsystem and a total sum of estimated heat recovery quantities recoverable from the plurality of heat sources. The controller also includes a power determination module to determine respective amounts of power input to the plurality of heat recovery drive components based on the total sum of estimated heat recovery quantities and the maximum heat recovery quantity.

The invention relates to an air-diverting element with a flow-optimized contour for an air-conditioning system, in particular of a motor vehicle, which air-diverting element extends approximately perpendicular to an air flow direction. To divert an air flow through approximately 180 and at the same time nevertheless prevent pressure losses and disadvantageous acoustic effects, one end of the air-diverting element is adjoined by an approximately parabolic elongation which is situated opposite that side of the air-diverting element which faces away from the air flow direction.

A heat exchanger system including a controller configured to direct a first power signal to a first cooling fan module to operate a first motor at a first rotational speed to provide a first flow rate to satisfy the first demanded heat rejection rate, direct a second power signal to the second cooling fan module to operate the second motor at a second rotational speed to provide a second flow rate to satisfy the second demanded heat rejection rate while maintaining a rotational speed differential between the first rotational speed and the second rotational speed, such that an acoustic property of at least one of the first heat exchanger assembly and the second heat exchanger assembly is below a predetermined acoustic property threshold.

A storage device for a personal electronic device having a surface. The storage device includes a housing having a slot-aperture that connects a housing-external environment to a storage area enclosed by and internal to the housing. The storage area is configured to store the personal electronic device. The slot-aperture permits the personal electronic device to be inserted and removed manually from the storage area. The storage device also includes a protective buffer internal to the housing that contacts at least the surface so as to protect the personal electronic device from contact damage.

The present invention relates to a heat management system for a vehicle, and more specifically, to a heat management system for a vehicle in which the refrigerant discharged from a compressor flows into a muffler to reduce the noise of the refrigerant, and the oil in the refrigerant is separated therefrom so that only the refrigerant flows to the indoor heat exchanger, and the separated oil is circulated back to the compressor, thereby improving the durability of the compressor.

A shroud assembly mounts a radiator to a vehicle frame. The shroud assembly includes a shroud, a first frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame, and a second frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame. The shroud includes a first shroud portion and a second shroud portion. The shroud assembly has a plurality of openings, each opening receiving a fan. The first mounting bracket connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion, and the second mounting bracket also connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion.

A suspension system for a vehicle air conditioner compressor and a vehicle are provided. The suspension system includes: a plurality of rubber dampers a plurality of resilient dampers with a plurality of damper springs; a first compressor bracket connected with the vehicle air conditioner compressor through the plurality of rubber dampers; and a second compressor bracket connected with a vehicle body and with the first compressor bracket through the plurality of resilient dampers. The suspension system for the vehicle air conditioner compressor and the vehicle can solve the problem of low-order vibration and achieve more reasonable modal decoupling, thereby ensuring that the vehicle have better NVH performance.

A dashboard assembly for a motor vehicle includes a shaped reinforcement body, which includes a fastening seat configured for receiving and fastening a central vent unit. The fastening seat includes two adjacent frames provided for selectively receiving supporting and flow-guide bodies of the vent unit. Each frame includes a bottom frame side defined by a thinned-out strip, provided on which are fastening portions mutually engaged with respective snap-action means of the vent unit.

Methods, communication devices, and systems are disclosed for automatically controlling sound producing components of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an incoming communication and sending a first instruction to one or more vehicle components. The first instruction is configured to cause the one or more vehicle components to be placed in a reduced sound producing operational mode.

A noise suppression structure to be mounted on a cooling system for an electrical device of a vehicle includes a duct, a blower, and a sound absorber. The duct extends from inside a vehicle cabin of the vehicle to inside the vehicle cabin or outside the vehicle cabin through the electrical device. The blower is configured to draw air from the vehicle cabin into the duct and feed the air to the electrical device. The sound absorber is disposed in the duct. The duct has a curved portion where an extension direction of the duct changes. The curved portion is located on one of or each of an upstream side and a downstream side of the electrical device. The sound absorber is disposed in a fluid stagnation region where a flow of the air tends to stagnate in the curved portion.