Air conditioner for use in a vehicle
US5390728A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B13/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides an air conditioner for use in a vehicle that gives a comfortable air-conditioning feeling even when only one passenger is seated in a vehicle cabin, and the air-conditioning load of a heat exchanging means such as an evaporator can be reduced as low as possible. When only a driver is seated and an inside air circulation mode is employed in a cooling mode operation, the air blowing mode on the passenger seat side is set to a foot mode, and the degree of opening of an air mix damper 15b on the passenger seat side is set at 0%. Due to the foregoing, a cold wind blown out from a passenger seat lower outlet 11b is immediately sucked into an inside air entrance 25 open to a foot portion of the passenger seat, so that the temperature of an upstream position of the air flow of an evaporator 23 can be lowered. As a result, the cooling load of the evaporator 23 is reduced, and the power consumption of the compressor 27 can be reduced.
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