Air conditioner for vehicle and control method thereof
AssigneeHanon Systems
InventorsTae Wan KIM, Yong Eun SEO, Yeo Myeong YUN, Tea Gun LEE
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Abstract
An embodiment relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, the air conditioner comprising: an air conditioning unit for controlling the temperature of air; and a rear seat distribution unit communicating with the air conditioning unit to guide the air of the air conditioning unit to a rear seat. The rear seat distribution unit includes: a housing communicating with the air conditioning unit and including a rear seat outlet; a rear seat blower disposed inside the housing; a main air volume adjustment door unit disposed in front of the rear seat blower; and an auxiliary air volume adjustment door unit disposed at the rear of the blower.
Claims22
An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
- an air conditioning unit configured to adjust a temperature of air;
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- a rear seat distribution unit configured to communicate with the air conditioning unit and guide air of the air conditioning unit to rear seats,
- wherein the rear seat distribution unit includes a housing that communicates with the air conditioning unit and includes a rear seat outlet, a rear seat blower disposed inside the housing, a main air amount adjustment door unit disposed in front of the rear seat blower, and an auxiliary air amount adjustment door unit disposed behind the blower,
- when there is a difference between a set value of an amount of air discharged to front seats and a set value of an amount of air discharged to the rear seats, the rear seat distribution unit adjusts an opening degree of the main air amount adjustment door unit to adjust an amount of air discharged through the rear seat outlet, and
- when there is a difference between a set value of an amount of air discharged to a left rear seat and a set value of an amount of air discharged to a right rear seat, an opening degree of the auxiliary air amount adjustment door unit is adjusted to adjust the amount of air discharged through the rear seat outlet.
(canceled)
An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
- an air conditioning unit configured to adjust a temperature of air, the air conditioning unit including a main blower, a cooling heat exchanger, a heating heat exchanger, and a front seat distribution unit configured to guide air of the air conditioning unit to front seats;
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- a rear seat distribution unit that communicates with the air conditioning unit and guides air of the air conditioning unit to rear seats,
- the front seat distribution unit includes a front seat left and right air amount adjustment door for front seat left and right independent air amounts,
- the rear seat distribution unit includes a housing that communicates with the air conditioning unit and includes a rear seat outlet, a rear seat blower disposed inside the housing, and a rear seat air amount adjustment door for rear seat left and right independent air amounts, and
- a controller configured to control the rear seat air amount adjustment door according to a difference between amounts of air of a left and a right of a front seat.
20-21. (canceled)
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