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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2024
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jimin Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Yongchul Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignees:

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;

KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00028 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B60H 1/00735 (2013.01); B60H 1/00828 (2013.01); B60H 1/00964 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01); B60H 2001/00192 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling an apparatus of multi-air mode for an air conditioner of a vehicle includes turning on power to the air conditioner, by a driver using an air conditioner operation unit provided in the vehicle. The method includes: determining, by a controller, whether a driver has turned on a multi-air mode through the air conditioner operation unit; in response to determining that the multi-air mode is turned on, operating, by the controller, the air conditioner in the multi-air mode; determining, by the controller, whether an intensity of air discharged from the air conditioner is greater than or equal to a first stage; and in response to determining that the intensity of air discharged from the air conditioner is greater than or equal to the first stage, automatically adjusting, by the controller, the intensity of the air to a second stage less than the first stage.


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