Vehicle air conditioner
US9878593B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2700/11
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat pump device includes an air conditioning control device configured to switch the heat pump device among a plurality of operation modes including an air-heating operation mode in which an indoor heat exchanger serves as a radiator and an outdoor heat exchanger serves as a heat absorber, and an air-cooling operation mode in which the indoor heat exchanger serves as a heat absorber and the outdoor heat exchanger serves as a radiator. The air conditioning control device switch a refrigerant pipe such that refrigerant is, in the air-cooling operation mode, supplied to part of the outdoor heat exchanger serving as a refrigerant inlet in the air-heating operation mode.
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