Vehicular air conditioner with manually operated bypass door operable only in full cool mode
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Yamamoto
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AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Yamamoto
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An automatic air conditioner for an automotive vehicle is arranged to be controlled by a control system and comprised of a heater unit disposed within an air conditioner duct to heat air inducted through an air inlet. A bypass air passage is provided to fluidly connect a first duct part upstream of the heater unit and a second duct part downstream of the heater unit, so that cool air can be introduced to the second duct part immediately upstream of an air outlet having a plurality of outlet openings. The bypass air passage is closable with a door movably disposed in the bypass air passage. The door is closed in response to a closing command generated by a manual switch. The control system is adapted to close the bypass air passage regardless of generation of the closing command when at least an air outlet for air-conditioning a passenger compartment is selected, thereby preventing temperatures of air streams blown out through a plurality of outlet openings of the air outlet from becoming nonuniform.
A vehicular air conditioner comprising:
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