Vehicle air conditioner device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315485-B2
Application number	US-201515512387-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 19, 2014
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

In a vehicle air conditioner device of a heat pump system, control of an air mix damper is appropriately performed in each operation mode, thereby achieving efficient vehicle interior air conditioning. The vehicle air conditioner device includes an air mix damper 28 to adjust a ratio at which air in an air flow passage 3 passed through a heat absorber 9 is to be passed through a radiator 4. In a cooling mode, a controller controls the air mix damper 28 to adjust the ratio at which the air is to be passed through the radiator 4 on the basis of one, any combination, or all of a target outlet temperature, a temperature of the radiator and a temperature of the heat absorber, and in a heating mode, the controller controls the air mix damper 28 to pass all the air in the air flow passage 3 through the radiator 4.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle air conditioner device comprising:
a compressor which compresses a refrigerant;
an air flow passage through which air to be supplied to a vehicle interior flows;
a radiator which lets the refrigerant radiate heat to heat the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
a heat absorber which lets the refrigerant absorb heat to cool the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior;
an outdoor heat exchanger disposed outside the vehicle interior to let the refrigerant radiate or absorb heat;
an air mix damper to adjust a ratio at which the air in the air flow passage passed through the heat absorber is to be passed through the radiator; and
control means,
the vehicle air conditioner device changing and executing at least a heating mode in which the control means lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger, and
a cooling mode in which the control means lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the outdoor heat exchanger, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the heat absorber,
wherein the air mix dampers are disposed to a driver's seat and an assistant driver's seat, respectively,
the control means is settable target outlet temperatures at the driver's seat and the assistant driver's seat, respectively, and adjusts a radiator target temperature of the radiator into a higher target outlet temperature in the target outlet temperatures at the driver's seat and the assistant driver's seat, and
in the cooling mode, the control means controls the air mix dampers to adjust the ratio at which the air is to be passed through the radiator on the basis of one, any combination, or all of a target outlet temperature, a temperature of the radiator and a temperature of the heat absorber, and
in the heating mode, the control means controls the air mix damper having the higher target outlet temperature in the air mix dampers at the driver's seat and the assistant driver's seat to pass all the air in the air flow passage through the radiator, and the control means controls the air mix damper having the lower target outlet temperature to adjust the ratio at which the air is to be passed through the radiator and to regulate the ratio into a predetermined lower limit value or more, on the basis of one, any combination, or all of the target outlet temperature, the temperature of the radiator and the temperature of the heat absorber.

2. The vehicle air conditioner device according to claim 1 , which executes a dehumidifying and heating mode in which the control means lets the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the heat absorber and the outdoor heat exchanger,
wherein also in the dehumidifying and heating mode, the control means controls the air mix damper having the higher target outlet temperature in the air mix dampers at the driver's seat and the assistant driver's seat to pass all the air in the air flow passage through the radiator, and the control means controls the air mix damper having the lower target outlet temperature to adjust the ratio at which the air is to be passed through the radiator and to regulate the ratio into a predetermined lower limit value or more, on the basis of one, any combination, or all of the target outlet temperature, the temperature of the radiator and the temperature of the heat absorber.

3. The vehicle air conditioner device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control means has a B/L blowout mode to blow out air from both a vent and a foot to the vehicle interior, and
in the B/L blowout mode, the control means controls the air mix damper having the higher target outlet temperature to regulate the ratio at which the air in the air flow passage is to be passed through the radiator in a predetermined first intermediate range, and the control means controls the air mix damper having the lower target outlet temperature to regulate the ratio at which the air in the air flow passage is to be passed through the radiator in a predetermined second intermediate range smaller than the first intermediate range.

Assignees

• Sanden Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Miyakoshi Ryo
• Suzuki Kenichi
• Yamashita Kouhei

Classifications

• B60H1/00921

  where the flow direction of the refrigerant does not change and there is an extra subcondenser, e.g. in an air duct · CPC title

• B60H1/00835 Primary

  Damper doors, e.g. position control (construction or arrangement of damper doors B60H1/00664; B60H1/00864 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H2001/00957

  comprising locations with heat exchange within the refrigerant circuit itself, e.g. cross-, counter-, or parallel heat exchange · CPC title

• B60H1/00785

  by the detection of humidity or frost · CPC title

• B60H2001/00128

  Electric heaters · CPC title