Automobile air-conditioning apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaotake Kumagai
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Abstract
An automobile air-conditioning apparatus, having a display panel on which contours of the automobile body and instrument panel are drawn, that indicates whether or not and in which direction air flows into and out of an air conditioner by indications of letters and arrows illuminated by lamps interlocked with the operation of an air conditioner operating switches mounted on the display panel itself in the positions corresponding to the indications of letters and arrows, so that any driver can easily operate the air conditioner and perceive the positions and directions of the air flow visually at a glance.
Claims34
Automobile air-conditioning apparatus comprising an air conditioner, which comprises, at least, a plurality of air intake ducts, a plurality of air outlet ducts, and a plurality of damper valves to open and close said ducts and a fan device, an operating panel drawn with a sketch corresponding to the cabin of an automobile on which said air conditioner is mounted, display means disposed in positions in said sketch corresponding to the locations of said ducts and indicating the operating conditions of said ducts, means for controlling the operation of said air conditioner disposed in such positions on said operating panel corresponding to said display means, and operating means operated by said controlling means and actuating at least said damper valves provided in said ducts corresponding to said controlling means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.