Vehicle air conditioning apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsYoshihiro KATAGIRI, Junya SUZUKI, Naoya YOKOMACHI
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Abstract
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes an air conditioning unit, center outlet ports, and side outlet ports. The center outlet ports and side outlet ports are provided in an instrument panel of a vehicle and blow out conditioned air transferred from the air conditioning unit to the inside of a passenger compartment. The vehicle air conditioning unit blows conditioned air from the center outlet ports and the side outlet ports. When cooling operation is performed in a face mode, the airflow rate from the side outlet ports is set greater than the airflow rate from the center outlet ports.
Claims5
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus, comprising;
- an air conditioning unit, which generates conditioned air;
- a plurality of outlet ports provided in an instrument panel of a vehicle, wherein the outlet ports blow out the conditioned air transferred from the air conditioning unit toward a passenger compartment,
- the outlet ports including center outlet ports, which are open at the center of a vehicle in a lateral direction, and side outlet ports, which are open at positions close to entry and exit doors;
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- an airflow rate control section, which adjusts the airflow rate of air that flows out from the center outlet ports and the side outlet ports, wherein
- the vehicle conditioning apparatus is operable in a face mode, in which the conditioned air is directed to an occupant, and
- when operated in the face mode, the airflow rate control section sets the airflow rate from the side outlet ports to be greater than the airflow rate from the center outlet ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.