Vehicle air conditioner
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasashi Hotta
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Abstract
A vehicle air conditioner installed in a vehicle includes: an evaporator that is provided on a ceiling of the vehicle and causes heat exchange between air in an interior of a passenger compartment and a coolant; a condenser that causes heat exchange between the coolant and outside air; a spray nozzle that sprays water to a portion near the condenser; a water tank that is provided in a lower portion of the vehicle and stores the water to be sprayed; and a drain hose that guides condensed water generated in the evaporator to the water tank. The drain hose is provided through a pillar.
Claims4
A vehicle air conditioner installed in a vehicle, the vehicle air conditioner comprising:
- an evaporator that is provided on a ceiling of the vehicle and causes heat exchange between air in an interior of a passenger compartment and a coolant;
- a condenser that causes heat exchange between the coolant and outside air;
- a spray nozzle that sprays water to the outside air flowing to the condenser;
- a water tank that is provided in a lower portion of the vehicle and stores the water to be sprayed;
- a coolant pipe through which the coolant flows, the coolant pipe provided through a first pillar positioned at a boundary between a side surface of the vehicle and a front surface or a rear surface of the vehicle;
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- a drain hose that guides condensed water generated in the evaporator to the water tank, the drain hose provided through a second pillar positioned closer to a center than the first pillar in a vehicle forward and rearward direction, the pillar having a first distance extending in a vehicle upward and downward direction of the vehicle, and a second distance extending in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, the first distance being greater than the second distance.
A vehicle air conditioner installed in a vehicle, the vehicle air conditioner comprising:
- an evaporator that is provided on a ceiling of the vehicle and causes heat exchange between air in an interior of a passenger compartment and a coolant;
- a condenser that causes heat exchange between the coolant and outside air;
- a spray nozzle that sprays water to the outside air flowing to the condenser;
- a water tank that is provided in a lower portion of the vehicle and stores the water to be sprayed;
- a drain hose that guides condensed water generated in the evaporator to the water tank;
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- a coolant pipe through which the coolant flows, wherein
- the coolant pipe is provided through a first pillar positioned at a boundary between a side surface of the vehicle and a front surface or a rear surface of the vehicle, and
- the drain hose is provided through a second pillar that is positioned closer to a center than is the first pillar in a vehicle forward and rearward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.