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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7905278 | Vehicular air conditioner A vehicular air conditioner having an air conditioner case including an air mix area, where a defroster opening, a front seat vent opening, a foot opening, and a back seat vent opening are located on the air conditioner case and configured to open and close the air ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7878235 | Rear air conditioner for vehicle A vehicle rear air conditioner includes an air conditioning case connected with a blower and having a face vent, a floor vent and a vent door for controlling opening and closing of the vents. An evaporator and a heater core are embedded in the air conditioning case ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7766078 | Mode door for the automotive vehicle air conditioning system An automotive vehicle air conditioning system has air introduced into an air conditioning case. The introduced air is always discharged to both sides of a passenger compartment regardless of the air conditioner mode while the air conditioning system maintains the am... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7748441 | Modular heating and/or air conditioning system for a motor vehicle A heating or air conditioning system is used for a motor vehicle. The heating or air conditioning system may have a housing which is composed of several housing segments. At least one housing segment may be embodied as an insertion part which is inserted into the re... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7708055 | Air-conditioner housing An air-conditioner housing comprising an evaporation device, a heating device, and a mixing chamber, out of which air flows to the rear footwell while serving to ventilate the rear passenger compartment. The air-conditioner housing also comprises an air control devi... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7503383 | Automotive air conditioning system There is provided an automotive air conditioning system comprising a primary blower disposed at a front part of a vehicle having a passenger compartment constituted by a front-seat side space and a rear-seat side space, a case disposed in the front part of the vehic... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7475720 | Air conditioner for vehicles Cooled air introduced from an evaporator through a first passage is divided into laminar flows by a guide assembly mounted on an air mixing door, and is changed in direction thereby and supplied to a mixing region. Warmed air introduced from a heater core through a ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7464749 | Air-conditioning unit The air-conditioning unit includes an air-conditioning case, a heater, a bypass path bypassing the heater, an air-mixing chamber, an air-mixing door, and an air opening. The air-conditioning unit also includes an auxiliary door arranged in series with the air-mixing... | 12/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7409984 | Air-conditioner for vehicle use When a switching signal to switch the mode to the defroster mode is generated and the target air volume is smaller than a predetermined air volume α, the target air volume is automatically increased to the predetermined air volume α. In doing so, an increase start... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409985 | Motor vehicle air conditioning system with air distributor and mixer device, with Coanda effect, having outlets at differentiated temperatures A motor vehicle air conditioning system including a Coanda effect air distributor device and mixing means which allow to vary the temperature of the air available to the different outlet conduits of the distributor device for the same setting of the means for regula... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407001 | HVAC with detached deflector A structure to provide air flow an mixture in an HVAC unit utilizing a separate piece air deflector located within the lower housing of the HVAC unit and ribs to direct airflow, the separate piece air deflector configured to cause air deflection and airflow towards ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404435 | Air conditioner for vehicle use An air conditioner for automotive vehicle use intended to prevent a defrosting operation in an instantaneous foot-defroster mode. The DEF mode in which air mainly from a DEF opening is blown toward the windshield is set by an exclusive front DEF switch. The F/D mode... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392838 | System and method for vehicle defogging condition calculation and control A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle HVAC system to automatically defog a windshield glass and to prevent fogging or condensation of the windshield glass. The ambient air temperature and vehicle speed are measured and used to determine a windshield glass... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325595 | Automotive air conditioning system In a hybrid vehicle air conditioning system in which coolant is supplied to a heater core from a vehicle running engine, for heating, a demand of the operation of the vehicle running engine is controlled to obtain respective set coolant temperatures TWS2 for ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318553 | Apparatus and method for heating fluids An apparatus for heating a liquid includes a housing having an internal chamber and a rotor disposed in the chamber. The rotor is preferably cylindrical and operates inside a bore provided by the housing without touching, the shape of the bore preferably being paral... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7232367 | Air-distribution system for the dashboard of a motor vehicle and the dashboard of a motor vehicle comprising said system An air-distribution system for the dashboard of a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of auxiliary ducts that branch off in parallel from a manifold. Associated to each auxiliary duct is an additional and independent unit for regulating the flow rate and/or the temp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228689 | Thermo-electric and HVAC seat cooling and heating mode door integration A heating and cooling and air conditioning (HVAC) module housing wherein the defrost outlet and the vent outlet and the seat outlet are disposed next adjacent to one another and a first plate overlies the defrost outlet and the seat outlet and a second plate overlie... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222667 | Vehicular air-conditioning apparatus A vehicular air-conditioning apparatus includes a hot-water heater and an electric heater provided downstream of the hot-water heater. The apparatus also includes a bypass passage for allowing air-conditioning air flowing past the hot-water heater to bypass the elec... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210523 | Vehicle air conditioner A vehicle air conditioner has an air conditioning unit and an air conditioning control unit. The air conditioning unit has a FACE blowout port, a DEF blowout port, an upper blowout port. The air conditioning control unit estimates an outside windshield temperature a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207379 | Automotive air conditioning system An automotive air conditioning system comprising a main heating unit 4 for heating air passing through an air conditioning duct 2 with cooling water of an engine E and a refrigeration cycle device 20 having a first refrigerant circulating circui... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188668 | Vehicle air-conditioner The vehicle air-conditioner includes a noncontact detector configured to detect skin temperatures at specific locations on a face of a passenger. The vehicle air-conditioner includes a calculator configured to calculate an average temperature on the face of the pass... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172018 | Vehicle air-conditioning system A vehicle air-conditioning system improves a passenger's sensation of cooling by preventing air blown from a foot opening when a cooling load is low, creating a comfortable temperature distribution along the passenger's body. The vehicle air-conditioning system auto... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169036 | Vehicle air conditioning system A vehicle air conditioning system which includes: an air conditioning unit for generating air-conditioned air, which is provided with a ventilation opening and a defroster opening; a ventilation duct connected to the air conditioning unit at the ventilation opening,... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152417 | Battery cooling apparatus with sufficient cooling capacity A battery cooling apparatus for positively cooling an in-vehicle battery is disclosed. Air that has passed through a cooler (5) is supplied to batteries (1), and only internal air, but not external air, passes through the cooler (5). In this way... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142930 | Disturbance estimated type control system, gas compressor control system and method of designing a disturbance estimated type control system A disturbance estimated-type control system has a control object based on a mathematical model having of one of a state equation and a transfer function and prepared by system identification technology. A disturbance estimating device is based on an expansion system... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134487 | Vehicle air conditioner In a vehicle air conditioner, a foot door is rotatably supported for opening and closing a foot opening and an air port communicating with defrost and face openings. The foot door has a guide plate. The guide plate functions as a heated air guide portion for directi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128141 | Combination HVAC and auxiliary engine cooling A vehicle heat transfer module including a conduit for air circulation, an evaporator in the conduit between the cabin air input and cabin air output, and a heater having vehicle engine coolant circulated therethrough, the heater being in a first path between the ev... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108599 | Vehicle air conditioning system having door drive mechanism A pitch circle radius of a driving side gear of a drive mechanism of an air mix door is continuously and progressively increased from a maximum heating position side part to a maximum cooling position side part. A pitch circle radius of a driven side gear of the dri... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102501 | Device and method for automatically preventing misting of the windscreen of a vehicle A device and method for automatically preventing misting of the windscreen of a vehicle, wherein a number of sensors determine ambient conditions capable of misting the windscreen, and, upon such ambient conditions occurring, an electronic central control unit autom... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100675 | Air conditioner for vehicle In an air conditioner (1) constructed to pass an air introduced into an air conditioning unit (4) through an evaporator (33) and a heater core (34) both arranged in the unit (4), cooler pipes (90) for the evaporator (33 | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096924 | Car air conditioner A casing 21 of an automotive air conditioner is formed with a hole TH for accommodating a steering member S extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle. The hole TH extends through the casing 1 in the right-left direction of the vehicle. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073344 | Electrically controlled defrost and expansion valve apparatus A cooling system that has an electrical controller that controls an electric expansion valve and the defrost cycle using a reversing valve. The need for heater circuit to achieve defrost is eliminated. The system permits the defrosting the evaporator system in less ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066245 | On-vehicle air-conditioner for air-conditioning An on-vehicle air-conditioner for air-conditioning has a refrigeration circuit provided with a refrigerant car exterior heat exchanger installed for exchanging heat with the car exterior air that can be used for cooling and for heating, and at least one opening and ... | 06/27/2006 |
