Vehicle air-conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10953724-B2
Application number	US-201916534109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2019
Priority date	Sep 29, 2014
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

There is disclosed a vehicle air-conditioning device in which a refrigerant subcool degree in a radiator is appropriately controlled, so that comfortable and efficient vehicle interior air conditioning is achievable. The vehicle air-conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated by an outdoor expansion valve 6, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7. In the heating mode, the vehicle air-conditioning device controls a refrigerant subcool degree SC of the radiator 4 by the outdoor expansion valve 6. On a basis of a radiator inlet air temperature THin that is a temperature of the air flowing into the radiator 4, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of the refrigerant subcool degree SC in the radiator 4 in a lowering direction, as the radiator inlet air temperature THin rises.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle air-conditioning 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 absorb heat;
an outdoor expansion valve which decompresses the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger;
auxiliary heating means for heating the air to be supplied from the air flow passage to the vehicle interior; and
control means,
the vehicle air-conditioning device 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 by the outdoor expansion valve, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger, and in the heating mode, the vehicle air-conditioning device controlling a refrigerant subcool degree SC of the radiator by the outdoor expansion valve,
wherein on the basis of a number of revolution NC of the compressor, the control means corrects a minimum valve position of the outdoor expansion valve in a lowering direction, as the number of revolution NC decreases.

Assignees

• Sanden Holdings Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Kenichi
• Miyakoshi Ryo
• Yamashita Kouhei

Classifications

• F25B2600/2513

  Expansion valves · CPC title

• B60H1/00921 Primary

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

• B60H2001/3258

  of the air at a condensing unit · CPC title

• F25B2700/171

  of the compressor · CPC title

• B60H1/2221

  arrangements of electric heaters for heating an intermediate liquid (B60H1/034 takes precedence) · CPC title