Calsonic Corporation

Calsonic Kansei Corporation

Kaoru Kamiyama

Toshio Ohashi

Tadayoshi Tajima

Yoshitoshi Noda

Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

Hiroki Yoshioka

Toshiharu Watanabe

Yasuhito Okawara

Masaharu Onda

Manabu Uomoto

Naofumi Saeki

Masahiro Sano

Katsuichiro Tajima

Kuniyoshi Takahashi

An air conditioning unit for a vehicle has a unit case enclosing a blower fan, a cooling heat exchanger (evaporator) and a heating heat exchanger (heater core), and defining therein an air conditioning passage for conveying air from the blower fan through the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger, to an upper outlet opening. The air conditioning passage has an upstream passage section extending downward on a first side of the blower fan to convey the air from the blower fan downward, an intermediate passage section extending under the blower fan in a first direction from the first side to a second side of the blower fan, and a downstream passage section extending upward on the second side of the blower fan to the upper outlet opening for directing the air over the blower fan in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, from the second side toward the first side (toward the passenger compartment of the vehicle).

Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle

A heat pump type air conditioning system (A) for an automotive vehicle. The heat type air conditioning system (A) comprises a first unit (,) including a heater core (,) through which an engine coolant of an engine flows, and a first heat exchanger (,) which forms part of a refrigeration cycle including a compressor (,) and a first condenser (,), in which a refrigerant circulates in the refrigeration cycle. A second unit (,) is provided including a second condenser (,) and a second heat exchanger (,) which are fluidly connected in parallel with the first heat exchanger (,). A valve (V,) is fluidly connected in series with the second condenser (,) and disposed such that a part of the refrigerant is introduced through the valve into the second condenser (,) and the second heat exchanger (,). A sub-heat exchanger (,) is disposed outside the first and second units and fluidly connected in series with the second heat exchanger (,), in which the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger (,) is introduced into the sub-heat exchanger to be heated by a part of the engine coolant, the refrigerant discharged from the sub-heat exchanger being returned to the compressor. An electromagnetic clutch (,) is provided such that the compressor (,) is drivably connectable with the engine therethrough. The electromagnetic clutch is engaged to establish a driving connection between the compressor so as to operate the compressor and disengaged to cut the driving connection so as to make the compressor inoperative. A control device (C) is operatively connected to the electromagnetic clutch (,) for controlling the electromagnetic clutch to be disengageable in accordance with a temperature within the air conditioning system (A).

Heat pump type air conditioning system for automotive vehicle

A heat pump type air conditioning system (A) for an automotive vehicle. The heat type air conditioning system (A) comprises a first unit (10) including a heater core (11) through which an engine coolant of an engine flows, and a first heat exchanger (12) which forms part of a refrigeration cycle including a compressor (1) and a first condenser (3), in which a refrigerant circulates in the refrigeration cycle. A second unit (20) is provided including a second condenser (21) and a second heat exchanger (22) which are fluidly connected in parallel with the first heat exchanger (12). A valve (V2) is fluidly connected in series with the second condenser (21) and disposed such that a part of the refrigerant is introduced through the valve into the second condenser (21) and the second heat exchanger (22). A sub-heat exchanger (30) is disposed outside the first and second units and fluidly connected in series with the second heat exchanger (22), in which the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger (22) is introduced into the sub-heat exchanger to be heated by a part of the engine coolant, the refrigerant discharged from the sub-heat exchanger being returned to the compressor. An electromagnetic clutch (40) is provided such that the compressor (1) is drivably connectable with the engine therethrough. The electromagnetic clutch is engaged to establish a driving connection between the compressor so as to operate the compressor and disengaged to cut the driving connection so as to make the compressor inoperative. A control device (C) is operatively connected to the electromagnetic clutch (40) for controlling the electromagnetic clutch to be disengageable in accordance with a temperature within the air conditioning system (A).

Described is an apparatus for air conditioning a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle which achieves a quick warming-up of the passenger compartment. In the air conditioning apparatus, in addition to a coolant of a vehicular engine which is utilized as a heat source of a heater core, a highly compressed refrigerant discharged from a compressor can be utilized as a heat source of a sub condenser which is disposed in an air passage of the air conditioning apparatus, during the inside air warming up in the passenger compartment. During the warming up operation, the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is circulated through a bypass line bypassing a condenser disposed at a front part of an engine compartment and through the sub condenser and an evaporator.

Vehicular air conditioning apparatus

A centrifugal multiblade fan comprises a plurality of curved blades which are circularly arranged about a common rotation axis at evenly spaced intervals defining a curved air flow passage between every neighboring blades. Each curved blade has concave front and convex rear surfaces which extend longitudinally in parallel with the rotation axis. A lower annular end plate is provided for putting thereon lower ends of the circularly arranged blades. A radially outside part of each curved blade has a radius of curvature which is greater than that of a radially inside part of the blade. A slit extends longitudinally parallel with the rotation axis at a radially inside portion of each blade.

Centrifugal multiblade fan

A dual type vehicle air conditioning system has a rear air conditioning system for rear seats and a front air conditioning system for front seats. The rear conditioning system has a rear conditioner unit defining a main air passage for directing inside air through an evaporator and a condenser in sequence. The rear conditioner unit further has a bypass air passage for introducing the inside air to the condenser, bypassing the evaporator, and an exhaust air passage for directing the inside air from the evaporator to the outside of the vehicle.

Vehicle air conditioner

A heat pump type air conditioning system (A) for air-conditioning a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle. The air conditioning system comprises first and second units (10, 20). The first unit includes a heater core (12) and a first evaporator (13) while the second unit includes a second condenser (22) and a second evaporator (23). A compressor (2) and a first condenser (3) are disposed outside the first and second units which constitute a refrigeration cycle including the first evaporator (13). A circuit change-over valve (4) is provided to cause flow of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor (2) to be changed over between a refrigeration operation refrigerant circuit including the first condenser and a heating operation refrigerant circuit including a bypass passage for allowing the refrigerant to flow bypassing the first condenser. A third evaporator (30) is disposed outside the first and second units (10, 20). A flow control valve (31) is provided to control a flow amount of the engine coolant circulating through the third evaporator (30) in accordance with a thermal load condition of the vehicle under control of an opening degree of the flow control valve, during the heating operation of the air conditioning system. The flow control valve (31) is set to take its fully closed state to prevent the engine coolant from circulating through the third evaporator (30) when a discharge pressure of the compressor (2) rises to a level not lower a first set value which is lower than a standard value to stop an operation of the compressor, and to take its fully opened state to allow the engine coolant to circulate through the third evaporator (30) when the discharge pressure of the compressor (2) lowers to a level not higher than a second set value which is lower than the first set value.

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Tochigi, Japan

Kaoru Kamiyama