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Air-conditioning device for vehicles, and method therefor

US7055336B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
4References
19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 20, 2001
Grant dateJun 6, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60H1/00785
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method using a system (10) for heating or cooling air in a motor vehicle passenger compartment provided with a windscreen, by input into the passenger compartment air which has passed through an exchanger (12) comprised in a refrigerant loop. The invention is characterized in that it comprises steps which consist in measuring the temperature of the air leaving the exchanger (12), measuring the humidity of the air leaving the exchanger (12), determining the dew point of the air leaving the exchanger (12) based on said temperature and humidity, determining the windscreen temperature, comparing the dew point with the windscreen temperature and stopping the heating of air in the passenger compartment when the dew point is higher than the windscreen temperature.

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