Humidifying device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10272745-B2
Application number	US-201515508188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	Sep 22, 2014
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

A humidifying device for a vehicle has a humidity detection part, a blower, a non-water-supply humidifier, and a controller. The humidity detection part detects a humidity in a vehicle compartment. The blower draws, as an intake air, an inside air in the vehicle compartment and an outside air outside the vehicle compartment at a specified ratio and blows the intake air toward the vehicle compartment. The non-water-supply humidifier collects water included in the inside air and supplies a humidified air, which is humidified using the water, toward a specified area in the vehicle compartment. The controller sets the specified ratio between the inside air and the outside air and controls an operation of the non-water-supply humidifier. The controller controls the blower to draw at least the inside air, when the non-water-supply humidifier is operated, and when a humidity in the vehicle compartment is lower than a specified humidity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A humidifying device for a vehicle, comprising:
a humidity detection part that detects a humidity in a vehicle compartment;
a blower that draws, as an intake air, an inside air inside the vehicle compartment and an outside air outside the vehicle compartment at a specified ratio and blows the intake air toward the vehicle compartment;
a non-water-supply humidifier configured to
draw in the inside air and collect water from the inside air, wherein the non-water supply humidifier absorbs and desorbs water included in the inside air,
humidifies the inside air using the collected water, and
supplies the humidified air toward a specified area in the vehicle compartment; and

a controller that sets the specified ratio between the inside air and the outside air drawn by the blower and controls an operation of the non-water-supply humidifier, wherein
the controller controls the blower to draw at least the inside air, when the non-water-supply humidifier is operated, and when a humidity in the vehicle compartment is lower than a specified humidity.

2. The humidifying device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising
a determination section that determines whether a possibility of a fogging of a window is present using the humidity detected by the humidity detection part, wherein
the controller controls the blower to draw at least the inside air until the determination section determines the possibility of the fogging of the window is present, when the non-water-supply humidifier is operated, and when the humidity in the vehicle compartment is lower than the specified humidity.

3. The humidifying device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising
a water-supply humidifier that humidifies the vehicle compartment using water supplied to the water-supply humidifier in advance, wherein
the controller controls the blower to draw at least the inside air and controls the water-supply humidifier to operate, when the non-water-supply humidifier is operated, and when the humidity in the vehicle compartment is lower than the specified humidity.

4. The humidifying device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-water-supply humidifier supplies the humidified air toward a face of a passenger having a seat in the vehicle compartment.

5. The humidifying device for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the non-water-supply humidifier and the water-supply humidifier are provided separately from each other.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Kataoka Takuya
• Maeda Manabu
• Ninomiya Hitoshi
• Komatsubara Yusuke

Classifications

• B60H1/00849

  for selectively commanding the induction of outside or inside air (B60H1/00842 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/00785

  by the detection of humidity or frost · CPC title

• B60H2001/3245

  of air · CPC title

• B60H2003/026

  the devices being located in the passenger compartment · CPC title

• B60H3/022 Primary

  for only humidifying the air · CPC title