Automobile air conditioning system

• US 5,033,672 A
• Filed: 06/08/1990
• Issued: 07/23/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Sumihara, Hiroyuki, Sakamoto, Hiroaki, Doi, Shigetoshi, Kajimoto, Shinshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wayner, William E.
• Application Number:
  US07/535,195
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 62/133, 98/2.01, 98/2.09, 236/44 R, 236/44 A
• US Class Current: 236/44.00A
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00785 by the detection of humidity or frost
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 3/024 for only dehumidifying the air

Abstract

An automobile air conditioning device includes a ventilation system with a ventilation fan for discharging air contained in a passenger chamber from the vehicle. A dew condensation detector is adapted to detect a predetermined relative humidity for a dew point at which dew condensation on a rear window glass of the vehicle is presumed to occur. A controller actuates the ventilation system when the dew condensation detector detects the dew point while the vehicle is running.

Claims

1. An automobile air conditioning device for an automotive vehicle comprising:

a ventilation system including a ventilation fan for discharging air contained within a passenger chamber of said vehicle out of the vehicle;

window glass provided on said vehicle;

dew condensation detecting means for detecting dew condensation inside said vehicle on said window glass;

vehicle running detecting means for detecting whether or not said vehicle is running; and

control means for actuating said ventilation system when said dew condensation detecting means detects dew condensation and said vehicle running detecting means detects that said vehicle is running.

2. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 1, wherein said dew condensation detecting means detects whether humidity around said window glass has reached a dew point at which said dew condensation occurs.

3. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 2, wherein said dew condensation detecting means comprises a moisture sensitive member having a resistance which varies according to humidity and temperature.

4. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 2, wherein said dew point is set to 85% of relative humidity.

5. An automobile air control device as defined in claim 3, wherein said moisture sensitive member is disposed on a rear window glass and inside said passenger chamber.

6. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 1, wherein said ventilation system includes ventilation duct means for communicating said passenger chamber with a trunk room of said vehicle and for communicating said trunk room with the atmosphere outside of said vehicle.

7. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 6, and further comprising a ventilation fan disposed in said trunk room to force air contained in said passenger chambers through said duct means.

8. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 7, wherein said ventilation duct means includes an intake duct having one end opening inside said passenger chamber below said rear window glass and another end opening inside said trunk room, and an exhaust duct having one end connected to said ventilation fan and another end opening to the atmosphere outside said vehicle.

9. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 8, wherein said ventilation fan is disposed at a bottom of said trunk room and adjacent to a rear fender of said vehicle.

10. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 9, wherein said ventilation system has a door member disposed between said other end of said exhaust duct and a rear bumper of said vehicle for opening and closing said exhaust duct.

11. An automobile air conditioning device as defined in claim 1, wherein said window is a rear window glass.