IP Library Granted Patent US 10,654,340
Granted Patent B2
US 10,654,340 · App. 16/084,758 · Granted May 19, 2020

Air-conditioning device

Inventors: Kojiro Nakamura (Saitama, JP); Tomohiro Maeda (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,654,340
App. No.
16/084,758
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air-conditioning device includes: a heating cycle configured to circulate the heating medium through a heater core, the heater core being configured to heat blown air; an auxiliary heating device configured to heat the heating medium by an electric heater; a refrigeration cycle configured to circulate cooling medium discharged from a compressor through a condenser, the condenser being configured to heat the heating medium; refrigeration cycle control means configured to operate the refrigeration cycle such that temperature of the heating medium reaches target heating-medium temperature; auxiliary heating device control means configured to operate the auxiliary heating device such that the temperature of the heating medium reaches the target heating-medium temperature; and switching means configured to stop the operation of the refrigeration cycle in the state in which the temperature of the heating medium is equal to or higher than the threshold value.

Claims (21)

1. An air-conditioning device comprising:

a heating cycle configured to circulate heating medium through a heater core, the heater core being configured to heat blown air;

an auxiliary heating device configured to heat the heating medium by an electric heater;

a refrigeration cycle configured to circulate cooling medium discharged from a compressor through a condenser, the condenser being configured to heat the heating medium;

refrigeration cycle control means configured to operate the refrigeration cycle such that temperature of the heating medium reaches target heating-medium temperature;

an auxiliary heating device control means configured to operate the auxiliary heating device such that the temperature of the heating medium reaches the target heating-medium temperature;

switching means configured to stop the operation of the refrigeration cycle in a state in which the temperature of the heating medium is equal to or higher than a threshold value;

target-heating-medium-temperature calculating means configured to calculate the target heating-medium temperature based on target blowout temperature of blown air, the target blowout temperature being set based on operating condition; and

target-cooling-medium-temperature calculating means configured to calculate target cooling medium temperature based on the target heating-medium temperature, wherein

the refrigeration cycle control means is configured to control the operation of the refrigeration cycle such that temperature of the cooling medium discharged from the compressor approaches the target cooling medium temperature, and

the auxiliary heating device control means is configured to control the operation of the auxiliary heating device such that the temperature of the heating medium approaches the target heating-medium temperature.

2. The air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein

in process of an increase in the temperature of the heating medium, a mode is switched to a high power mode in which the auxiliary heating device and the refrigeration cycle are operated, and thereafter, the mode is switched to a refrigeration-cycle stop mode in which operation of the refrigeration cycle is stopped and only the auxiliary heating device is operated.

3. The air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the switching means is configured so as to start the operation of the refrigeration cycle in a case in which the target heating-medium temperature is decreased to temperature below the threshold value.

4. The air-conditioning device according to claim 3 , wherein

in process of an increase in the temperature of the heating medium, after the refrigeration-cycle stop mode in which the operation of the refrigeration cycle is stopped and only the auxiliary heating device is operated is performed, the high power mode in which the auxiliary heating device and the refrigeration cycle are operated is performed.

5. The air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the auxiliary heating device control means is configured to stop operation of the auxiliary heating device in a case in which heating performed only by the refrigeration cycle can sufficiently provide amount of heat required to allow the temperature to reach the target heating-medium temperature.

6. The air-conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target heating-medium temperature is set to a lower value with respect to the target cooling medium temperature.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 22, 2022
From: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
To: HIGHLY MARELLI JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059216/0974 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: MARELLI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054792/0853 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 15, 2020
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054654/0294 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: NAKAMURA, KOJIRO; MAEDA, TOMOHIRO
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046868/0315 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-049850 · Mar 14, 2016 · national
JP 2016-049859 · Mar 14, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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