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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109327 | Temperature control system having heat exchange modules with indirect expansion cooling and in-tube electric heating A temperature control system for a container includes a refrigeration circuit having a primary fluid circulating therein and a secondary fluid circuit in communication with a first compartment of the container and a second compartment of the container. The secondary... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7886815 | HVAC reset logic improvement for rear control usability A vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system includes front and rear HVAC systems. A controller receives data from front and rear control panels and controls the front and rear HVAC systems. Actuating a rear manual button on the front control panel al... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7694729 | Air passage opening/closing device An air passage opening/closing device for a vehicle air conditioner has a casing and a slide door. The slide door is movably disposed in the casing. Both sides of the slide door are guided by guide channels provided in the casing. The guide channels are formed by th... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7546868 | Air-conditioner housing An air conditioner housing having an evaporation device, a heating device, an air control device, an interior space in which air flow paths are formed, and having a housing which surrounds the interior space, is proposed. The air conditioner housing (1) is de... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7540322 | Air conditioner for vehicle The present invention relates to an air conditioner for vehicle including a front seat air conditioning unit and a rear seat air conditioning unit. The rear seat air conditioning unit has a rear seat air conditioning casing provided with a rear seat evaporator dispo... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7540321 | Air conditioner for vehicle An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a housing for defining an air passage, and the air passage has a main passage and first and second separate passages branched from the main passage. The first separate passage is provided for leading air from the main passag... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7484557 | Air-conditioner housing An air conditioner housing having an evaporation device, a heating device, an air control device, an interior space in which air flow paths are formed, and having a housing which surrounds the interior space, is proposed. The air conditioner housing (1) is de... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7478670 | Modular system for a 1-to-4 zone climate control system for vehicles A modular system for a 1-to-4 zone climate control system for vehicles, which is provided with at least one housing and several air tempering and air distribution devices including a fan, optionally a filter, an evaporator, a heater and several doors arranged at a p... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7434612 | Multiple zoned air conditioning system A multiple zoned air conditioning system for providing air conditioning to the interior of an automotive vehicle. The air conditioning system includes a main air conditioning module with a first heat exchanger for cooling and with a second heat exchanger for heating... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422050 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, a blower unit is arranged such that air is discharged in a substantially front and rear direction of the vehicle. An evaporator is opposed to an air discharge port of the blower unit and inclined at an angle equal to o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7389812 | Vehicle air conditioning system having non-contacting temperature sensors When a front-passenger seat occupant detecting sensor indicates absence of an occupant in a front-passenger seat, an air conditioning control ECU adjusts a temperature measurement measured with a non-contacting temperature sensor for measuring a surface temperature ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380587 | Vehicle air conditioner An air conditioner for a vehicle is provided with an air conditioning unit for blowing conditioned air to a passenger compartment of the vehicle, multiple seat air conditioning units for respectively controlling temperatures of seats of the vehicle, and a control un... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377309 | Vehicle air conditioning apparatus In a unit case of a vehicle air conditioning apparatus, air mix chamber is not provided. Cooled air cooled by an evaporator and heated air heated by a heater core are directly introduced to a face opening and a foot opening of the case and then mixed in a face duct ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7337623 | Fuzzy-logic based controller to regulate aircraft temperature Temperature regulation by means of a PID regulation method can be associated with disadvantageous oscillations, overshooting and long control times. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, during temperature regulation of a space, non-linear f... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328852 | Method and device for estimating the air discharge temperature of a heat exchanger The invention relates to a method for estimating a heater-core air discharge temperature of an HVAC system. According to the invention, the method uses a model of the heat exchanger. This heat exchanger efficiency model maps a heat exchanger efficiency to a set of a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325972 | Method for determining an interior temperature of a passenger area of a motor vehicle, arrangement for execution of the method, and a temperature sensor A signal (Snormal) is provided to a heat element of a temperature sensor, which is recorded as a step response (Lruh, Lbew). From the difference of the step response compared with the reaction adaptively determined with the temperatu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311017 | Link mechanism A link mechanism prevents a first pin from coming out of a groove and prevents interference with other elements. The line of action is the line orthogonal to the center line of the grooved portion and passes through the center of the first pin when the first pin is ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309926 | Solar-powered pumping device A solar-powered pumping device comprising: a solar power converter for generating power from sunlight; a pump driven by power from said solar power converter; an actuator for controlling the orient... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7296621 | Air conditioner for vehicles and method of controlling same A window glass dew-point compartment interior absolute humidity Xrmax is acquired, and a temporary compartment interior set absolute humidity Xset (temporary Xset) is determined from a compartment interior set temperature Tset. A smaller one of Xrmax and (temporary ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290599 | System for heating and cooling the interior of a motor vehicle A system for heating and cooling the interior of a motor vehicle includes a first climate control device designed to heat or cool a front area of the interior, and a second climate control device designed to heat or cool a rear area of the interior. A first evaporat... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285041 | Air passage switching device and vehicle air conditioner An air passage switching device includes a slide door slidable along first and second opening portions partitioned by a partition portion, a guide member for guiding the slide door, and a link mechanism for slidably moving the slide door along the guide member. The ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284595 | Heat exchanger for air conditioner A heat source fluid inlet pipe of a heat exchanger main body 150 comprises a rotation side inlet pipe 27 and a fixed side inlet pipe 23 that are integrated with the heat exchanger main body 150. A heat source fluid outlet pipe comprises a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281574 | Automotive air conditioning system A rear face inlet 25 and a foot inlet 28, and a rear face duct portion 26 and a foot duct portion 31 which are adapted to distribute air from the inlets, respectively, are disposed in alignment with each other in a transverse direction of... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275586 | Heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, by which individual zones of the vehicle interior can be supplied with separately temperature-controlled air. An improved heating or air-conditioning system, which requires just a sma... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274007 | Control system for operating automotive vehicle components There is disclosed a control system for operating automotive vehicle components. The control system typically includes at least a control module programmed with instructions for controlling a heater, a ventilator or both. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258605 | Heating system for a vehicle A heating system for a vehicle has a heating air blower (24) for generating a heating air stream to be introduced into the interior space of a vehicle, a heater (22) with a heat exchanger arrangement (26) for heating the heating air stream being... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255161 | Method of controlling a heating and air conditioning system in a motor vehicle A method for controlling a heating and air conditioning system equipped with actuators, preferably vents, is provided. Interior conditions are detected by an interior sensing system, with at least the seat occupancy with occupants being automatically recognized by a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246657 | Air conditioner for vehicle In an air conditioner for a vehicle having first and second air conditioning zones positioned at right and left sides of a front seat in a vehicle compartment and third and fourth air conditioning zones positioned at right and left sides of a rear seat in the vehicl... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238102 | Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system having a film valve and film for controlling air flow A HVAC system of a motor vehicle includes a film having openings defined therein and moveable between open and closed positions. The film regulates airflow by opening and closing apertures defined in a housing of the HVAC system. The film is disposed in a film valve... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228895 | Air direction changing system for vehicular air ducts A vehicle air conditioning system secures an appropriate temperature difference in the air blown through vertically arranged air ducts when the system is in a bi-level mode. A hot air inlet is disposed above a cool air inlet. A face opening is disposed at an upper l... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222665 | Vehicle air conditioning system with air temperature sensor A vehicle air conditioning system uses a non-contact temperature sensor for feedback control of the temperature of the air blown out from a blowing opening. The degrees of opening of an air mix damper and a bypass open/close damper are controlled by actuators that r... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207380 | Temperature control strategy for a rear control system The present invention provides a heating/cooling control system that can effectively control the temperature of the air discharged at the rear interior of the motor vehicle. The heating/cooling control system includes a front control and a rear control. The front co... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198402 | Method for determining an interior temperature of a passenger area of a motor vehicle, arrangement for execution of the method, and a temperature sensor A signal (Snormal) is provided to a heat element of a temperature sensor, which is recorded as a step response (Lruh, Lbew). From the difference of the step response compared with the reaction adaptively determined with the temperatu... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191825 | Separately air-conditionable vehicle air conditioning unit A vehicle air conditioning unit includes an air duct, through which air is blown into a passenger compartment, and a partition board, which partitions the air duct in its inside into a first air passage and a second air passage. Temperature of air in the first air p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191611 | Vehicular air conditioning system A vehicular air conditioning system of the present invention comprises an air conditioning unit which forms an air flow, a first vent 8 through which the air flow formed by the air conditioning unit is blown out toward a passenger, a second vent through which... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189158 | Airflow control system A dual airflow control system for an environment having a first air zone and a second air zone. The system includes a first input device operable to generate a first input signal indicative of a desired airflow to the first zone and a second input device operable to... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188779 | Zone climate control A zone climate control system and method of its operation. A zone can be a single room. A method for determining which zones' vents are to be closed, and which are to be opened, in performing heating or cooling, circulation to heat or cool a zone by mixing its air w... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181318 | Apparatus and method for adjusting speed of cooling fan of electronic equipment based on geographic parameters The invention discloses an electronic equipment including a cooling module, a receiving module, and a controller. The receiving module is used for receiving at least one geographic parameter relative to a location where the electronic equipment is located. The contr... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164248 | Electric motor drive apparatus and motor-driven power steering system In an electric motor drive apparatus capable of reliably preventing adverse effects on an electric motor, when a control force detected by a torque sensor exceeds a predetermined value, a temperature storing unit stores a temperature detected by a thermistor at that... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159651 | Air conditioner for vehicle use An upper opening portion (74, 75) and lower opening portion (76, 77) are arranged in a door body (13b, 14b) located below a side window (13a, 14a), and an air conditioning unit (15, 16) is ... | 01/09/2007 |
