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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Takanobu Nakaguro, Toyota, JP;
Takanobu Nakaguro, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
To provide a more comfortable vehicle cabin space for a passenger. In a vehicle humidifying/dehumidifying device, when a control unitis switched to an 'intermittent operation mode', a pair of heat exchange elementsA andB are heated simultaneously and intermittently. Additionally, this allows humidified air to be generated by both of the pair of heat exchange elementsA andB when the pair of heat exchange elementsA andB are being heated simultaneously by a heaterConsequently, in comparison to a case where the humidified air is generated alternately by the heat exchange elementsA andB, the humidifying amount imparted to the humidified air when the humidified air is generated by a humidifying/dehumidifying unitcan be increased. Thus, it becomes possible to perform humidifying amount control corresponding to various situations in a vehicle cabin, and it becomes possible to provide a more comfortable vehicle cabin space for a passenger.