Electric vehicle air conditioning system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJunichi Yoshimatsu, Naohiro Saito
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Abstract
An electric vehicle air conditioning system includes: an outside air introduction portion that communicates an inside of a case configuring an outer shell of an air conditioning device with an outside of a vehicle; an air circulating portion that is disposed at the inside of the case, and that circulates air from an air circulating port provided at the case to an interior of a vehicle cabin, by being driven; and an air flow direction changing portion that is provided at the case, and that is moveable to direct a portion of air circulated from the air circulating portion to a heat generating device that is disposed at an inside of a power unit room.
Claims3
An electric vehicle air conditioning system, comprising:
- an outside air introduction portion that communicates an inside of a case configuring an outer shell of an air conditioning device with an outside of a vehicle;
- an air circulating portion that is disposed at the inside of the case, and that circulates air from an air circulating port provided at the case to an interior of a vehicle cabin, by being driven;
- an air flow direction changing portion that is provided at the case, and that is moveable to direct a portion of air circulated from the air circulating portion to a heat generating device that is disposed at an inside of a power unit room;
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- a heat exchanger that is disposed inside of the case, and that is configured to cool or heat the air,
- wherein the air flow direction changing portion comprises an opening and closing door that is provided at the case, that is moveable to open and close an opening, which communicates the inside of the case with the inside of the power unit room, and that is moveable to direct air flow toward the opening when the opening is open, and
- wherein the opening and closing door is located between the air circulating portion and the heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.