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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6918543 | Heating system for a vehicle A heating system for a vehicle comprises a heating air fan for producing a heating air flow to be introduced into a vehicle interior, a heating device with a heat exchanger arrangement for heating the heating air flow delivered by the heating air fan, a vehicle inte... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6702008 | Air conditioner for vehicle and air conditioning unit driving apparatus There are provided an air mixing door, a plurality of outlets for blowing air into respective portions in a vehicle compartment, outlet mode doors for switching a outlet mode by closing and opening the plurality of outlets, and one motor actuator for driv... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6659167 | Door mechanism of automotive air conditioning device A mix door (5) is arranged in air passages (10, 11) of an automotive air conditioning device. The mix door (5) is arranged to extend in a direction to shut an air flow blown from the upstream air passage (10) and swelled in a downstream direction with a p... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6640570 | Vehicle air conditioner with heat pump refrigerant cycle In a vehicle air conditioner, an interior heat exchanger of a heat pump refrigerant cycle is disposed in an air conditioning case to heat and cool air passing therethrough. The air conditioning case has therein a bypass passage through which air flows to ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6622787 | Air conditioner for a vehicle A defroster/face cool air passage for introducing cooled air from an evaporator to a defroster opening portion and a face opening portion by bypassing a heater core, and a foot cool air passage for introducing cooled air from the evaporator to a foot open... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6607029 | Heating and ventilating apparatus for a motor vehicle with selective control in different zones of the cabin A motor vehicle cabin has four seat positions and a heating and ventilating apparatus which includes means for producing hot and cold air streams, temperature control means, air distribution ducts having outlets at different points in the cabin at each se... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6604576 | Automotive air conditioning system An air conditioning system for a vehicle has a first cycle including a compressor, a first condenser, a second condenser, a liquid tank, an expansion valve and an evaporator which are connected through pipes to form a first refrigerant circulation circuit... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601639 | Vehicle air conditioner with attachment and detachment of evaporator In a vehicle air conditioner where an air conditioning unit is disposed at an approximate center within an instrument panel portion in a vehicle right-left direction, an evaporator is disposed to be inclined relative to the vehicle right-left direction by... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6598665 | Climate control for vehicle A system for supplying air to first and second regions of a vehicle passenger compartment, has a first fan, a heater device, and first and second air conduits. The heater device has a first air inlet and outlet for air from the first fan and a second air ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595276 | Vehicular heating and air conditioning unit including plural air-mixing spaces A heating and air-conditioning unit includes a heating unit, at least one cold-air duct guided around the heating unit, and air-mixing spaces downstream of the heating unit. At least one partition separates the mixing spaces into which cold and heated air... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6588495 | Air passage switching device and vehicle air-conditioner The present invention provides anchor tabs at opposite ends of a film member that are anchored to side faces of a door plate of a sliding door. Draft deflectors prevent the inflow of air to between the anchor tabs and the side faces of the door plate. Thu... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6581678 | Heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle, having a heater for generating warm air, at least one cold air duct leading past the heater, and air mixing spaces provided adjacent to the heater. The air duct is divided ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6568468 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, a first cool air bypass passage is provided at an upper side of a heater core, and a second cool air bypass passage is provided at a lower side of the heater core. Cool air from the first cool air bypass pas... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6533025 | Instrumental panel support An instrument panel support, positioned between A columns of a motor vehicle, has a profiled support member with an integrated air guide system. The profiled support member has at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet connected to the air guide ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6488077 | Heating or air-conditioning system The invention relates to a heating or air-conditioning system and method for ventilating an occupant compartment of a vehicle having a climatic box in which a heat exchanger is accommodated, through which air can flow, and in which at least one air mixing... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484755 | Blend door actuation for dual zone A vehicle air conditioning apparatus having two pair of rotatable flow control doors for separately controlling and varying the temperature and flow of air supplied to two different zones of the vehicle interior. Each pair of flow control doors are linked... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481636 | Arrangement for heating of a motor vehicle interior An arrangement for heating a motor vehicle interior, especially a truck driver's compartment, a bus interior or the passenger compartment of a passenger car, with a ventilation device (10) for taking in fresh air via a fresh air intake area and for discha... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6474406 | Heater/cooler unit of automotive air conditioning system A heater/cooler unit of an automotive air conditioning system for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The unit includes a casing defining an air flow passage for flow of air. The casing includes an enlarged lower portion and a reduced upper portion, and an air... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6460607 | Vehicle air conditioner A vehicle air conditioner has a case and a heater core disposed in the case substantially horizontally. The case has a center face opening formed in a side wall of the case at a substantially same height as the heater core, a defroster opening and a foot ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6427770 | 4 zone heating or air conditioning unit for a motor vehicle A four zone conditioned air unit for use in a motor vehicle providing heating or cooling to a plurality of regions having relatively independent temperature setting. The structure provides compact, flexible and convenient temperature conditioning for each... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6419006 | Motor vehicle heating and/or air conditioning device with improved air mixing A motor-vehicle heating and/or air conditioning device has a cold-air duct (12), a hot-air duct (14) housing a heating radiator (18), a mixing chamber (28) communicating with respective air outlets (24, 26) of the ducts, and mixing means which comprise at... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6397942 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes a front air-conditioning unit for adjusting a temperature of air blown toward a front seat side in a passenger compartment, and a rear air-conditioning unit for adjusting a temperature of air blown towa... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6360958 | Vehicle air conditioning apparatus with hot water flow control In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, an amount of hot water flowing from an engine into a heater core is adjusted by a flow control valve so that temperature of air blown from the heater core is adjusted. A water pump driven by the engine is di... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6352208 | Air conditioning apparatus with air-temperature adjustment A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes a hot water valve for adjusting a flow amount of hot water flowing into a heating heat exchanger, a bypass passage through which air bypasses the heating heat exchanger, and a bypass door for opening and closi... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6352102 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle According to the present invention, in an air conditioning apparatus setting a double laminar mode in which inside air and outside air are blown while being partitioned, when the maximum heating state (including the high heating capacity close to the maxi... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6332330 | Device for motor-vehicle heating and/or air conditioning with improved blower A heating and/or air conditioning device for a motor-vehicle passenger compartment has an air-inlet chamber and a blower for installation in a rear part of the vehicle, a treatment and distribution device for installation in a front part of the passenger ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6330910 | Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle exhaust A heat exchanger for a motor vehicle exhaust includes a tubular body having a first end, a second end, a peripheral sidewall, and at least two flow passages that extend between the first end and the second end. The at least two flow passages include at le... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6308770 | Air conditioning apparatus According to the present invention, an air conditioning apparatus include a case partitioned into a first air passage and a second air passage by partition plates (16-19), a heat exchanger such as a heater core. The heater exchanger is sandwiched between ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6305462 | Door mechanism of automobile air conditioner A mix door (5) is arranged in air passages (10, 11) of an automotive air conditioning device. The mix door (5) is arranged to extend in a direction to shut an air flow blown from the upstream air passage (10) and swelled in a downstream direction with a p... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6254474 | Operating device for a ventilation system in a vehicle The invention relates to a control unit for a ventilation arrangement in a vehicle. The control unit is designed to indicate and initiate supply of an air flow to at least three intake air regions in the vehicle, which regions may include a defroster regi... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6244335 | Vehicular air-conditioner A vehicular air-conditioner provided with a rear face duct and rear foot duct, wherein the dimensions of the vehicular air-conditioner in the lengthwise direction are reduced by arranging the rear face duct (26) and foot duct (31) to appear to overlap at ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6213198 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle with thermoelectric dehumidifier in a double layer system An electric element (Peltier element composite) is disposed in a boundary between an outside air introduction passage and an inside air introduction air passage (114). The Peltier element composite absorbs heat from the inside air in the inside air introd... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209796 | Heater plenum assembly for utility vehicle A vehicle heating system includes a heater plenum assembly externally attached to an engine exhaust pipe, to use exhaust heat to heat outside air flowing through the plenum into passenger cabin. The plenum includes a plurlality of aluminum plenum air tube... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206092 | 4 zone heating or air conditioning unit for a motor vehicle A conditioned air unit for use in a motor vehicle providing heating or cooling to a plurality of regions having relatively independent temperature setting. The structure provides compact, flexible and convenient temperature conditioning for each region.... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206084 | Circuit arrangement for actuating an air-conditioning system or automatic air conditioner in a vehicle A circuit arrangement for actuating an air-conditioning system or an automatic air conditioner in a vehicle, in which it is possible to switch the air-conditioning system or automatic air conditioner on and off when the engine is operating. Here, the air-... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6164367 | Automotive air conditioning apparatus An automotive air conditioning apparatus 10 is provided which includes a forced water supply system 9 and a heat pump system 14. A controller 16 controls the temperature of a second heat exchanger 38 of the heat pump system 14 to a desired temperature bas... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6148910 | Battery heating system A system provides a controlled supply of heat from an automotive engine to attery on board the vehicle. The system has a fluid circuit, a portion of which passes through an insulated box containing the battery and thereby heats the battery. Another portion... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145754 | Air conditioner for vehicle According to the present invention, even when the two-layer mode in which the inside air is introduced into a first air passage and the outside air is introduced into a second air passage is set, it is further determined whether air mix doors are controll... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138749 | Automotive air-conditioner with vent and air-mixing door interlocking mechanism A motor vehicle air-conditioner having a structure that reduces production costs. Main and sub air-mixing doors and an inner-air FOOT door are mechanically interlocked with a single air-mixing door actuator. The shape of an engagement hole of a main link ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135201 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle with double layer flow mode In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, a double layer flow mode is set when the maximum heating state is set during an air outlet mode where both a foot opening portion and a defroster opening portion are opened. During the double layer flow mode... | 10/24/2000 |
