The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Valeo Climatisation, La Verriere, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 3/00 ;
Abstract
A vehicle with a heating/air-conditioning installation has, on the one hand, a heating and air-conditioning apparatus including a heating radiator, an evaporator and an air-distribution device and, on the other hand, a compressor and a condenser. The compressor is an electric compressor. The condenser is cooled by a cooling circuit supplied with a fluid other than air. The electric compressor and the condenser are housed in a space lying between the vertical plane passing through the axle of the front wheels of the vehicle and a vertical plane passing through the back of the seat backs of the front seats.