Nissan Motor Company Limited

Yoshiro Ichimaru

Toshio Ohashi

Shigeru Kobayashi

Hirofumi Hagikura

Junpei Ishimaru

A defroster outlet directs conditioned air toward a vehicle window to prevent the window from fogging over. The outlet is blocked when an air-cooling compressor is active. The outlet is unblocked when the compressor is inactive. The compressor may be activated and deactivated in accordance with the atmospheric temperature.

Vehicular air conditioner with defogging feature

First and second outlets direct conditioned air into a vehicular passenger compartment. When one of the outlets is blocked, the other outlet is unblocked. A control arrangement ensures that the temperature of the output air is the same regardless of which outlet is unblocked. This is achieved by adjusting the position of an air mix door, which determines the extent to which air is heated before being delivered as conditioned air, in accordance with which outlet is unblocked.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoshiro Ichimaru