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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Tada, Kariya, JP;
Yuuichi Kami, Kariya, JP;
Zhaoliang Xu, Kariya, JP;
Atsushi Inaba, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle air conditioner includes a compressor, a heating unit, an outside air heat exchanger, a wind speed regulation unit, and a controller. The controller includes a melting control unit, a dry control unit, and a dry completion determination unit. In a dry defrosting mode, the melting control unit performs melting-defrosting to melt frost adhering to the outside air heat exchanger. The dry control unit performs a dry defrosting in which at least one of the amount of heat in a predetermined range or a wind speed regulated in a predetermined range by the wind speed regulation unit is supplied to residual water adhering to the outside air heat exchanger, due to melting of frost in the melting-defrosting, to dry the residual water. The dry completion determination unit determines whether drying of the residual water in the outside air heat exchanger is completed, in the dry defrosting.