Device for controlling the temperature of a battery and of a vehicle interior, method for conditioning the temperature of a battery and of a vehicle interior with such a device for controlling temperature, and use of such a device for controlling temperature

1. A temperature control device for a battery and for a vehicle interior, comprising:

a first heat exchanger; and

a second heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled, the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the battery, and the first heat exchanger to a temperature control chamber that has a downstream segment that is thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and has a first upstream segment and a second upstream segment, the first upstream segment being thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and the second upstream segment to a surrounding environment of the vehicle, the first heat exchanger being capable of being thermally coupled alternately to one of the first upstream segment and the second upstream segment, and wherein the temperature control chamber includes a center segment that includes a wall in direct thermal contact and direct physical contact with the battery.

2. The temperature control device of claim 1 , wherein the temperature control chamber has a regulating element configured so that in a first position of the regulating element the first heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the first upstream segment, and in a second position of the regulating element the first heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the second upstream segment of the temperature control chamber.

3. The temperature control device of claim 1 , wherein the temperature control chamber has at least one heating element.

4. The temperature control device of claim 1 , wherein a medium can flow through the temperature control chamber via the first upstream segment in the direction of the downstream segment, or air from the surrounding environment of the vehicle can flow through the temperature control chamber via the second upstream segment in the direction of the downstream segment.

5. The temperature control device of claim 4 , wherein the temperature control chamber has a conveyor unit that is configured so that the medium flows through the temperature control chamber.

6. A method for controlling the temperature of a battery and of a vehicle interior, the method comprising:

thermally coupling a first heat exchanger of a temperature control device to a first upstream segment or to a second upstream segment of the temperature control device;

wherein the temperature control device, includes:

the first heat exchanger; and

a second heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled, the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the battery, and the first heat exchanger to a temperature control chamber that has a downstream segment that is thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and has the first upstream segment and the second upstream segment, the first upstream segment being thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and the second upstream segment to a surrounding environment of the vehicle, the first heat exchanger being capable of being thermally coupled alternately to one of the first upstream segment and the second upstream segment; and

implementing a direct thermal contact and a direct physical contact between the battery and a wall of a center segment of the temperature control chamber.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the first upstream segment, and the second heat exchanger emits heat in such a way that the vehicle interior is cooled, wherein the second heat exchanger emits heat based on a thermal conduction based on at least one of a temperature gradient and a convective heat transfer based on a flow of a fluid.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the second upstream segment, and the second heat exchanger emits heat in such a way that the battery is heated, wherein the second heat exchanger emits heat based on a thermal conduction based on at least one of a temperature gradient and a convective heat transfer based on a flow of a fluid.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the first upstream segment, and the second heat exchanger absorbs heat in such a way that the vehicle interior is heated, wherein the second heat exchanger absorbs heat based on a thermal conduction based on at least one of a temperature gradient and a convective heat transfer based on a flow of a fluid.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the battery is operated at a temperature in a temperature range of from 60° C. to 120° C.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the battery is operated at a temperature in a temperature range of from 65° C. to 100° C.

12. The temperature control device of claim 1 , wherein the battery is operated at a temperature in a temperature range of from 60° C. to 120° C.

13. The temperature control device of claim 1 , The method of claim 6 , wherein the battery is operated at a temperature in a temperature range of from 65° C. to 100° C.

14. The temperature control device of claim 1 , wherein the temperature control chamber, in particular the second upstream segment, has at least one heating element.

15. The temperature control device of claim 1 , wherein a medium, in particular air from the vehicle interior, can flow through the temperature control chamber via the first upstream segment in the direction of the downstream segment, or air from the surrounding environment of the vehicle can flow through the temperature control chamber via the second upstream segment in the direction of the downstream segment.

16. The temperature control device of claim 4 , wherein the temperature control chamber has a conveyor unit, in particular a blower unit, that is configured so that the medium flows through the temperature control chamber.