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Vehicle air conditioner

  • US 20110284202A1
  • Filed: 05/19/2011
  • Published: 11/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:

  • an air conditioning unit that includes a heating heat exchanger configured to heat air to be blown into a vehicle compartment, a first temperature adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a temperature of air to be blown toward a driver'"'"'s seat side in the vehicle compartment, and a second temperature adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a temperature of air to be blown toward a front-passenger'"'"'s seat side in the vehicle compartment;

    means for determining whether only a driver is on a driver seat as an occupant in the vehicle compartment;

    means for determining whether an air conditioning state on the driver'"'"'s seat side is a heating condition; and

    means for controlling the air conditioning unit including the first and second temperature adjustment mechanisms to perform a one-seat priority mode control such that the temperature of air to be blown toward the front-passenger'"'"'s seat side is lower than the temperature of air to be blown toward the driver'"'"'s seat side, when the determining means determines that only the driver is in the vehicle compartment and the heating condition is determined as the air conditioning state.

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