Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto MIZUGUCHI
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a drive motor, a battery, a front seat, a rear seat, a passenger-compartment air conditioning unit, an inlet port, a blower, a temperature sensor and a controller. The controller is configured to control the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit so as to selectively perform a first air conditioning mode, a second air conditioning mode, and a third air conditioning mode. The controller is configured to control the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit so as to perform the third air conditioning mode when the temperature of the battery is higher than a first temperature threshold.
Claims10
A vehicle comprising:
- a drive motor;
- a battery configured to supply a power to the drive motor;
- a front seat including a driver seat;
- a rear seat;
- a passenger-compartment air conditioning unit configured to supply thermoregulated air to a passenger compartment, the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit including
- a plurality of blow openings configured to blow air to the front seat and the rear seat, and
- an opening and closing mechanism configured to change each of the plurality of blow openings between a first state and a second state, the first state being a state in which the air is permitted to be blown from the each of the plurality of blow openings, the second state being a state in which the air to be blown from the each of the plurality of blow openings is blocked;
- an inlet port configured to take air in the passenger compartment from a space between the front seat and the rear seat;
- a blower configured to supply the air taken through the inlet port to the battery;
- a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the battery;
- and
- a controller configured to
- (a) control the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit so as to selectively perform a first air conditioning mode, a second air conditioning mode, and a third air conditioning mode, and
- (b) control the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit so as to perform the third air conditioning mode when the temperature of the battery is higher than a first temperature threshold,
- the first air conditioning mode being a mode in which blow openings for the rear seat are set to the second state, and the air supplied from the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit is blown from the other blow openings set to the first state,
- the second air conditioning mode being a mode in which the air is supplied from the passenger-compartment air conditioning unit at an air flow larger than the air flow in the first air conditioning mode, and the air is blown by setting the blow openings for the rear seat to the first state as well as the other blow openings, and
- the third air conditioning mode being a mode in which the air is blown by setting the blow openings for the rear seat which are set to the second state in the first air conditioning mode to the first state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.