Vehicle air conditioner
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Yoshinori, Shinji Aoki, Tomohiro Kamiya
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Abstract
A vehicle air conditioner is controlled to directly lower the temperature of the interior equipment before a driver enters a vehicle, using an airflow from an air outlet. The air outlet can be placed on and/or against the interior equipment. The interior equipment can be an instrument panel, a steering wheel or a seat.
Claims17
A vehicle air conditioner arranged in a vehicle having an engine and having interior equipment including an instrument panel, a steering wheel, and a seat comprising,
- air outlets placed on a surface of the interior equipment in order to lower a temperature of the interior equipment surface by airflow from the air outlets, the air outlets including seat surface air outlets from which airflow is directed to said steering wheel and said seat,
- a control unit having control means that performs preliminary air-conditioning to start airflow from said air outlets in order to lower said interior equipment surface temperature before a driver's ride, after detecting a preliminary air conditioning start signal, wherein the control means starts at least airflow from said seat surface air outlets.
A vehicle air conditioner arranged in a vehicle having an engine and having interior equipment including an instrument panel, a steering wheel, and a seat comprising,
- first air outlets placed on a surface of the interior equipment in order to lower a temperature of the interior equipment surface by airflow from the first air outlets, and second air outlets from which airflow is directed to the interior equipment surface to lower the interior equipment surface temperature, the first and second air outlets including,
- instrument panel-top air outlets from which airflow is directed to a windshield,
- instrument panel-front air outlets from which airflow is directed to the steering wheel, and
- seat air outlets placed on a surface of the seat,
- a control unit having control means that performs preliminary air-conditioning to start airflow from said first and second air outlets in order to lower the temperature of said interior equipment surface before a driver's ride, after detecting a preliminary air conditioning start signal, wherein the control means starts;
- airflow from said instrument panel-top air outlets,
- airflow from said instrument panel-front air outlets, and
- airflow from said seat air outlets.
A vehicle air conditioner arranged in a vehicle having an engine and having interior equipment including an instrument panel, a steering wheel, and a seat comprising,
- first air outlets placed on a surface of the interior equipment in order to lower a temperature of the interior equipment surface by airflow from the first air outlets and second air outlets from which airflow is directed to an interior equipment surface to lower the temperature of the interior equipment surface, the first and second air outlets including,
- instrument panel-top air outlets from which airflow is directed to a windshield,
- instrument panel-front air outlets from which airflow is directed to the steering wheel and the seat, and
- ceiling board outlets from which airflow is directed to the instrument panel, the steering wheel, the seat and a window,
- seat air outlets placed in a surface of said seat, and
- door air outlets from which airflow is directed to said window,
- a control until having control means that performs preliminary air-conditioning to start airflow from said first and second air outlets in order to lower the said interior equipment surface temperature before a driver's ride, after detecting a preliminary air conditioning start signal, wherein the control means starts;
- airflow from said instrument panel-top air outlets,
- airflow from said instrument panel-front air outlets,
- airflow from said seat air outlets,
- airflow from ceiling board outlets, and
- airflow from door air outlets.
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