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US 6,957,545 B2Granted
Vehicle air conditioner with ventilating function while parking
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorShinji Aoki
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Abstract
An air conditioning apparatus preferentially ventilates a space close to a seat and/or a steering wheel on which a passenger directly makes a contact in a passenger compartment while a vehicle is parked. The uncomfortable feeling of a passenger that might occur when he/she is getting into the parked vehicle can be reduced using a small capacity in the air conditioning as compared to the air conditioning apparatus ventilating the whole space in the vehicle.
Claims12
An air conditioning apparatus comprising:
- a control device mounted on a vehicle capable of determining whether the vehicle is parked;
- and
- an air blowing portion provided for a seat in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, said air blowing portion capable of blowing air through a surface of the seat to ventilate the passenger compartment when said control device determines that the vehicle is parked and determines that no passenger is in the passenger compartment, wherein:
- the air blowing portion is activated to blow air at least through the surface of the seat and to ventilate the passenger compartment immediately when a condition where a temperature therein is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.
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An air conditioning apparatus comprising:
- a control device mounted on a vehicle capable of determining whether the vehicle is parked;
- and
- an air blowing portion provided for a seat in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, said air blowing portion capable of blowing air through a surface of the seat to ventilate the passenger compartment when said control device determines that the vehicle is parked, wherein:
- the air blowing portion is activated to ventilate the passenger compartment in a condition where an amount of sunlight incident therein is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
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An air conditioning apparatus comprising:
- a control device mounted on a vehicle capable of determining whether the vehicle is parked;
- an air blowing portion provided for a seat in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, said air blowing portion capable of blowing air through a surface of the seat to ventilate the passenger compartment when said control device determines that the vehicle is parked;
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- a wall for an interior of the passenger compartment composed of a net structural body having a plurality of three dimensional vents at a back side thereof and having a breathable surface at a front side thereof, wherein the air is blown through said net structural body to the passenger compartment.
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An air conditioning apparatus for lowering temperature in a passenger compartment of a vehicle by ventilation, comprising:
- an air conditioning unit for conditioning an inside of the passenger compartment;
- a seat air conditioning unit for blowing air through a surface of a seat provided in the passenger compartment;
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- a control device for controlling said air conditioning unit and said seat air conditioning unit, wherein said control device has:
- means for setting an outside-air introducing mode in which air is introduced into the passenger compartment from an outside of the vehicle by controlling said air conditioning unit in a case where the control device detects a condition in which temperature in the compartment is equal to or higher than a predetermined level when the vehicle is parked, and for blowing the air through the surface of the seat by activating a blower provided in the seat air conditioning unit to immediately ventilate the passenger compartment when the control device determines that no passenger is in the passenger compartment and a temperature therein is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.
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An air conditioning apparatus for lowering temperature in a passenger compartment of a vehicle by ventilation, comprising:
- an air conditioning unit for conditioning an inside of the passenger compartment;
- a seat air conditioning unit for blowing air through a surface of a seat provided in the passenger compartment;
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- a control device for controlling said air conditioning unit and said seat air conditioning unit, wherein said control device has:
- means for setting an outside-air introducing mode in which air is introduced into the passenger compartment from an outside of the vehicle by controlling said air conditioning unit in a case where the control device detects a condition in which temperature in the compartment is equal to or higher than a predetermined level when the vehicle is parked, and for blowing the air through the surface of the seat by activating a blower provided in the seat air conditioning unit to ventilate the passenger compartment;
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- means for determining whether the vehicle is parked in accordance with a condition of a starter switch for the vehicle, wherein said means for setting the outside-air introducing mode and for blowing the air is activated when it is determined that the vehicle is parked.
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An air conditioning apparatus comprising:
- a control device mounted on a vehicle capable of determining whether the vehicle is parked;
- an air blowing portion provided for a seat in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, said air blowing portion capable of blowing air through a surface of the seat to ventilate the passenger compartment when said control device determines that the vehicle is parked;
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- means for setting an outside-air introducing mode, the setting means and the air blowing portion being activated when it is determined that the vehicle is parked, wherein:
- the control device determines whether the vehicle is parked in accordance with a condition of a starter switch for the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.