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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2002
Nobukazu Kuribayashi, Kariya, JP;
Tatsumi Kumada, Gamagori, JP;
Shigeki Harada, Toyota, JP;
Koichi Ito, Kariya, JP;
Junji Yokoi, Toyota, JP;
DENSO Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle air conditioner has an actuator for driving an air mixing door and various mode switching doors. An automatic range and a manual range are set in different operating angle ranges of the actuator. In the automatic range, an air outlet mode is automatically switched in accordance with an opening degree of the air mixing door. On the other hand, in the manual range, a multi-mode or a defroster mode is manually set, regardless of the opening degree of the air mixing door. In the manual range, air is simultaneously blown from all openings such as a face opening, a foot opening and a defroster opening in the multi-mode, and air is blown from the defroster opening in the defroster mode.