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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Satoru Asai, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yuji Ito, Okazaki, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioning system for a cabin of a vehicle having a rear hatch. The air conditioning system has a sun radiation sensor for detecting a sun radiation amount into a rear part of the cabin and an air conditioning means for providing air conditioning at a rear seat section of the cabin in accordance with the sun radiation amount detected by the sun radiation amount sensor. The sun radiation amount sensor is mounted on the rear hatch in such a manner that the sun radiation sensor moves together with the movement of the rear hatch. A sensor for detecting if the rear hatch is open or closed is provided. A sun radiation amount detected by the sun radiation sensor during a closed condition of the rear hatch is memorized. When it is detected that the rear hatch is opened, the air conditioning, by the air conditioning means of the rear seat section, is done based on the memorized value of the sun radiation amount just before the rear hatch was opened.