Modular Multi-Zone HVAC Unit Enables Personalized Comfort

Visteon’s Modular Multi-Zone HVAC Unit (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) provides personalized comfort levels for multiple passengers from a single modular system. This allows vehicle occupants individual control of heating and cooling settings within the vehicle. Depending on the level of personalization built into a vehicle, drivers and passengers can create unique settings for up to four zones within the vehicle.

Consumer Benefits

  • Personalized comfort
  • Allows individual temperature control
  • Improves rear-seat heating/cooling

Flexible and Modular System
This modular solution offers vehicle manufacturers the flexibility to build different levels of personalization into a vehicle model using one basic set of hardware. Additionally, it can be easily customized to operate within a variety of models across platforms. Within the vehicle, up to four independent temperature zones can be provided through a single HVAC unit, while ducts bring the conditioned air to different areas in the vehicle. This ensures that the passengers in the rear seat are as comfortable as those sitting in the front.

Manufacturer Benefits
Thanks to Visteon's system, vehicle manufacturers can realize tooling and engineering efficiencies. Because they utilize common systems, there is a high level of reusable content among design variants, while still achieving the flexibility that is necessary to differentiate brands and models across vehicle platforms. The design for Visteon's Modular Multi-Zone HVAC was driven by the consumer’s desire for individualized comfort and an even distribution of temperature throughout the vehicle.

In addition, one of Visteon's industry-leading, simulation-based design analytical tools, which focuses on occupant comfort, enables engineers to create virtual models that predict real-world performance of multi-zone climate systems without having to build a physical prototype. This specific tool allows engineers to examine an entire integrated system inside and out, from engine thermal management to passenger comfort. The resulting analysis allows Visteon to accurately measure the interaction and impact of a wide range of properties, from vent configurations to changing weather conditions.

In this era of customer satisfaction indices, doesn’t it make sense to provide consumers with climate comfort that can help make them more comfortable? At Visteon, there is a consumer-inspired approach to developing components, systems and solutions for vehicle manufacturers worldwide.

Additional Information
Product Specifications - Modular Multi-Zone HVAC