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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/32 ;
Abstract
An automobile air conditioner having a charging device for charging a power source capacitor preliminarily before driving a motor-driven compressor, which comprises a discharge circuit for discharging the electric charge in the capacitor through a power feeding device, and a controller for controlling the discharge by the discharge circuit. Further by comprising a cut-off detecting circuit for detecting when the battery is cut off, it is discharged automatically. Moreover, the voltage of the battery is converted, and supplied as a power source for the controller.