Systems and methods are provided for temperature regulation in an autonomous vehicle. In particular, systems and methods are provided for regulating the interior temperature of a delivery container in an autonomous vehicle. In various implementations, the delivery container includes one or more compartments, and a thermal management system is provided for regulating the temperature of each of the compartments.

A control valve includes a casing, a valve body, seal tube members, a fuel passage, and a thermostat. The casing has an inflow port and a plurality of outflow ports. The valve body is rotatably disposed inside the casing, and valve holes are formed in a circumferential wall portion. The seal tube members communicate with the outflow ports, abut an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall portion, and are opened and closed by corresponding valve holes. Thermostat opens and closes the fuel passage in response to a detected temperature. A communication groove is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the casing. The communication groove causes the inflow port and an upstream portion of the fuel passage to communicate with each other by partially expanding a gap between the circumferential wall portion and the casing.

A thermostatic valve includes a hollow body, two openings opening into the body and being hydraulically connected by a pass section, and a shut-off component arranged partially in the pass section and having a thermostatic actuator, a return component, a valve capable of opening the first opening when actuated by the thermostatic actuator and of closing the first opening when returned by the return component. The thermostatic actuator includes a cylinder containing an expansion material and a stem defining an axial direction. A relative movement between the cylinder and the stem along the axial direction occurs under the action of the expansion material. The stem bears at an ends against an abutment element, which is movable under the action of movement component in the direction of the cylinder to allow the opening of the first opening when the temperature of the expansion material is below the threshold temperature.

The cooling water temperature control device includes a thermo valve 2 that opens a main flow passage R1 when the temperature of a sensed region R1a in the main flow passage R1 reaches or exceeds an operating temperature set in advance, a sub-valve 3 that opens and closes a sub-flow passage R2 bypassing the thermo valve 2, and a control unit 6 that opens the sub-valve 3 when the temperature of the cooling water on an upstream side of the thermo valve 2 is a predetermined temperature. One end on the upstream side of the sub-flow passage R2 is connected to the sensed region R1a in the main flow passage R1 or to a downstream side of the sensed region R1a, and the operating temperature of the thermo valve 2 is set to be equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature.

Systems and methods are provided for temperature regulation in an autonomous vehicle. In particular, systems and methods are provided for regulating the interior temperature of a delivery container in an autonomous vehicle. In various implementations, the delivery container includes one or more compartments, and a thermal management system is provided for regulating the temperature of each of the compartments.

In a method for operating a tank device of a motor vehicle, with the tank device having a tank and a tank ventilation device with at least one switching valve, an excitation current can be applied to the switching valve, and the switching valve opens only when the excitation current exceeds an excitation current threshold over a certain period of time. Provision is hereby made to apply an excitation current which is greater than the excitation current threshold, at least temporarily, in a first mode of operation to the switching valve for heating purposes, also when ventilation of the tank is not governed by a control unit of the tank device.

An air flow controller for an air cleaner and an air cleaner are provided. The air flow controller may include a fan, and a housing, the fan being provided in the housing and the housing being movable from an initial horizontal position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a vertical direction to an inclined position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a diagonal direction.

The present invention relates to a cartridge for an electronic tap having a handle or controller with an extended operative range of motion, which allows moving said handle or controller beyond its normal range of motion determined by a first stop, providing in said extended areas additional functionalities using a control system that determines the position of the handle in order to associate to said position a flow value, a fluid mixing ratio value, and/or an additional functionality. The invention also relates to the tap including said cartridge with a handle having an extended operative range of motion and to the operation method thereof.

An electronic thermostat control system may include a control duty determination portion outputting PWM duty signal for controlling the coolant temperature according to a coolant temperature, a rising rate of the coolant temperature, an engine speed, a load and a vehicle speed, a driving portion applying a time condition to the PWM duty signal output by the control duty determination portion for controlling outputting interval, and a fault diagnosis portion diagnosing operations of the electronic thermostat by analyzing the signals output by the driving portion and changes of the coolant temperature.

The present invention relates to a cartridge for an electronic tap having a handle or controller with an extended operative range of motion, which allows moving said handle or controller beyond its normal range of motion determined by a first stop, providing in said extended areas additional functionalities using a control system that determines the position of the handle in order to associate to said position a flow value, a fluid mixing ratio value, and/or an additional functionality. The invention also relates to the tap including said cartridge with a handle having an extended operative range of motion and to the operation method thereof.