Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Norio Maehara

Masao Sakurai

Kiyoshi Usami

Akiro Yoshimi

Masanori Naganoma

Fumio Ootsuka

Morimasa Ninomiya

Minoru Hashimoto

Temperature sensing device which has a temperature sensing part including a microchip thermistor in the form not greater than a very small thin piece having a volume of 2 mm.sup.3 as a temperature sensing element. The temperature sensing part is connected to an external circuit to which a temperature sense signal is to be transmitted, by lead wires, and the microchip thermistor is connected to the lead wires through fine lead wires having a wire diameter not greater than 0.5 mm.

Temperature sensing device

A temperature control method and apparatus responsive to various control conditions to determine the desired amount of temperature control to cause the compartment temperature of a vehicle to approach a desired value. They comprise a first step of producing a first control condition in response to the amount of light incident to the vehicle compartment and a second step of producing a second control condition in response to the amount of heat radiation incident to the vehicle compartment, and a third step whereby the second control condition is adjusted by the first control condition so as to compensate the amount of temperature control in accordance with the adjusted control condition.

Method and apparatus for controlling compartment temperature of a vehicle

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Kariya, Japan

Norio Maehara