Vehicle air conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10843530-B2
Application number	US-201916242029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2019
Priority date	Jul 11, 2016
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle air conditioning device includes a compressor and a controller. The controller is configured to set an upper limit value of the rotation speed of the compressor based on a combination of whether the speed of the vehicle is lower than a predetermined speed and whether a rotation speed of a fan device for a condenser is lower than a predetermined rotation speed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle air conditioning device, comprising:
a compressor that compresses refrigerant;
a condenser that cools the refrigerant discharged from the compressor by exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air;
an expansion valve that expands the refrigerant discharged from the condenser;
an evaporator that cools air-conditioning air, which is to be blown into a passenger compartment, by exchanging heat between the refrigerant discharged from the expansion valve and the air-conditioning air;
a controller that controls the compressor; and
a refrigerant pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the refrigerant wherein
the controller is configured to
set an upper limit value of a rotation speed of the compressor to a first upper limit value when a speed of a vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed,
set the upper limit value of the rotation speed of the compressor to a second upper limit value smaller than the first upper limit value when the speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed and a rotation speed of a fan device that sends air to the condenser is lower than a predetermined rotation speed,
set the upper limit value of the rotation speed of the compressor to a third upper limit value smaller than the first upper limit value and larger than the second upper limit value when the speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed and the rotation speed of the fan device is equal to or higher than the predetermined rotation speed, and
estimate that the rotation speed of the fan device is lower than the predetermined rotation speed based the pressure of the refrigerant being less than a predetermined pressure, and estimate that the rotation speed of the fan device is equal to or higher than the predetermined rotation speed based on the pressure of the refrigerant being equal to or higher than the predetermined pressure.

2. A vehicle air conditioning device, comprising:
a compressor that compresses refrigerant;
a condenser that cools the refrigerant discharged from the compressor by exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air;
an expansion valve that expands the refrigerant discharged from the condenser;
an evaporator that cools air-conditioning air, which is to be blown into a passenger compartment, by exchanging heat between the refrigerant discharged from the expansion valve and the air-conditioning air;
a controller that controls the compressor; and
an outside air temperature sensor that detects an outside air temperature which is a temperature outside the passenger compartment, wherein
the controller is configured to
set an upper limit value of a rotation speed of the compressor to a first upper limit value when a speed of a vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed,
set the upper limit value of the rotation speed of the compressor to a second upper limit value smaller than the first upper limit value when the speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed and a rotation speed of a fan device that sends air to the condenser is lower than a predetermined rotation speed,
set the upper limit value of the rotation speed of the compressor to a third upper limit value smaller than the first upper limit value and larger than the second upper limit value when the speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed and the rotation speed of the fan device is equal to or higher than the predetermined rotation speed, and
estimate that the rotation speed of the fan device is lower than the predetermined rotation speed based the outside temperature being less than a predetermined temperature, and estimate that the rotation speed of the fan device is equal to or higher than the predetermined rotation speed based on the outside temperature being equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature.

3. A vehicle air conditioning device, comprising:
a compressor that compresses refrigerant;
a condenser that cools the refrigerant discharged from the compressor by exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air;
an expansion valve that expands the refrigerant discharged from the condenser;
an evaporator that cools air-conditioning air, which is to be blown into a passenger compartment, by exchanging heat between the refrigerant discharged from the expansion valve and the air-conditioning air;
a controller that controls the compressor; and
an inside air temperature sensor that detects an inside air temperature which is a temperature inside the passenger compartment, wherein
the controller is configured to
set an upper limit value of a rotation speed of the compressor to a first upper limit value when a speed of a vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed,
set the upper limit value of the rotation speed of the compressor to a second upper limit value smaller than the first upper limit value when the speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed and a rotation speed of a fan device that sends air to the condenser is lower than a predetermined rotation speed,
set the upper limit value of the rotation speed of the compressor to a third upper limit value smaller than the first upper limit value and larger than the second upper limit value when the speed of the vehicle is lower than the predetermined speed and the rotation speed of the fan device is equal to or higher than the predetermined rotation speed, and
estimate that the rotation speed of the fan device is lower than the predetermined rotation speed based the inside temperature being less than a predetermined temperature, and estimate that the rotation speed of the fan device is equal to or higher than the predetermined rotation speed based on the inside temperature being equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Kurata Shun
• Endo Yoshiharu
• Suzuki Takahiro
• Miyamoto Takeshi

Classifications

• B60H1/32

  Cooling devices {(B60H1/00478, B60H1/005 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F25B2600/0253

  with variable speed · CPC title

• B60H2001/3273

  related to the operation of the vehicle, e.g. the compressor driving torque · CPC title

• B60H2001/3272

  to control the revolving speed of a compressor · CPC title

• B60H2001/325

  of the refrigerant at a compressing unit · CPC title