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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Michael Arndt, Reutlingen, DE;
Gerd Lorenz, Reutlingen, DE;
Thomas Sperlich, Reutlingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an air conditioner, in particular for use in motor vehicles, with a cooling circuit and a ventilation system, wherein the cooling circuit features an evaporator/heat exchanger () that is arranged in the ventilation system, and wherein a gas sensor () is provided in the ventilation system downstream from the evaporator/heat exchanger () to detect the rates of a refrigerant of the evaporator/heat exchanger () of the air conditioner in the conveyed air-conditioned air. It is provided that the gas sensor () is arranged at a narrow point () and/or in an area of turbulent flow of an air guidance channel () of the ventilation system. The invention also relates to a method to operate such an air conditioner.