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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:

Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Inventor:

Atsushi Inaba, Okazaki, JP;

Assignee:

DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00885 (2013.01); B60H 1/00485 (2013.01); B60H 1/3207 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3245 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3283 (2013.01); F25B 2400/0409 (2013.01); F25B 2400/0411 (2013.01); F25B 2600/021 (2013.01); F25B 2600/111 (2013.01); F25B 2600/112 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2501 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2513 (2013.01); F25B 2700/2104 (2013.01); F25B 2700/2106 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21152 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21161 (2013.01); F25B 2700/21171 (2013.01);
Abstract

When a refrigerant evaporation temperature of an interior evaporator cannot be set lower than a dew-point temperature of air flowing into the interior evaporator in a heating operation, a refrigerant circuit is switched to a normal heating operation mode in which a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing into the interior evaporator is set to zero by allowing the refrigerant to flow toward a bypass passage. In a case where the air cannot be dehumidified by the interior evaporator, an unnecessary heat exchange between the air and the refrigerant in the interior evaporator can be suppressed. Thus, the energy of the vehicle air conditioner can be effectively prevented from being wasted.


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