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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Masaya Ichikawa, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Togaru, Obu, JP;
Yoshihisa Tsuchiya, Wako, JP;
Ryoji Ehara, Wako, JP;
Masaya Ichikawa, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Togaru, Obu, JP;
Yoshihisa Tsuchiya, Wako, JP;
Ryoji Ehara, Wako, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle air conditioner includes an air-conditioning ECU. The air-conditioning ECU performs a cooling mode operation in which air is cooled by an interior heat exchanger in a cooling refrigeration cycle. The air-conditioning ECU performs a heating mode operation, in which air is heated by the interior heat exchanger in a hot gas heater cycle. The air-conditioning ECU performs an air blowing operation in which air is blown toward an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle without operating the compressor before performing a refrigerant collecting operation.