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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
Denso Corporation, Aichi-pref., JP;
Kouji Miura, Kariya, JP;
Yoshiki Katoh, Kariya, JP;
Masamichi Makihara, Kariya, JP;
Atsushi Yamada, Kariya, JP;
Kenta Kayano, Kariya, JP;
Hiroaki Kawano, Kariya, JP;
Tooru Okamura, Kariya, JP;
Naoya Makimoto, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a refrigeration cycle, a heating unit and a control unit. The refrigeration cycle includes an air-conditioning evaporator, a chilling evaporator, an air-conditioning side flow path, a detour flow path and an air-conditioning flow rate adjustment unit. The control unit includes a determination unit that determines whether a condensation condition is satisfied when a refrigerant is flowing through the chilling evaporator via the detour flow path in a state where an inflow of a refrigerant into the air-conditioning evaporator is prohibited. When the determination unit determines that the condensation condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the air-conditioning flow rate adjustment unit to allow an inflow of a refrigerant into the air-conditioning evaporator as a condensation suppression operation for suppressing condensation of a refrigerant in the air-conditioning evaporator.