IP Library Granted Patent US 10,988,001
Granted Patent B2
US 10,988,001 · App. 16/118,681 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Air conditioning device for vehicle

Inventors: Takashi Nakamura (Saitama, JP); Tomohiro Maruyama (Saitama, JP); Shusuke Kawai (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
B60H3/024B60H1/00985B60H2001/00214B60H2003/028
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Patent No.
US 10,988,001
App. No.
16/118,681
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a first flow path through which air subject to dehumidification flows, a second flow path through which air for recovery flows, a desiccant part and a controller. The desiccant part is fluidly communicated with the first and second flow paths, and configured to adsorb moisture contained in the air subject to dehumidification, and to discharge the moisture to the air for recovery. The controller is configured to control an air volume of the air subject to dehumidification and an air volume of the air for recovery so that the air volume of the air for recovery is less than the air volume of the air subject to dehumidification, after the air volume of the air for recovery reaches a prescribed air volume for achieving a target dehumidification amount of the air subject to dehumidification.

Claims (22)

1. An air conditioning device for a vehicle comprising:

a first flow path through which air subject to dehumidification flows;

a second flow path through which air for recovery flows;

a desiccant part fluidly communicated with both the first flow path and the second flow path, and configured to adsorb moisture contained in the air subject to dehumidification to dehumidify the air subject to dehumidification, and to discharge the moisture to the air for recovery; and

a controller configured to control an air volume of the air subject to dehumidification in the first flow path and an air volume of the air for recovery in the second flow path to change correlation between the air volume of the air subject to dehumidification and the air volume of the air for recovery between before and after the air volume of the air for recovery reaches a prescribed air volume for achieving a target dehumidification amount of the air subject to dehumidification so that the air volume of the air for recovery after reaching the prescribed air volume is less than the air volume of the air for recovery corresponding to the air volume of the air subject to dehumidification before achieving the target dehumidification amount.

2. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to maintain the air volume of the air for recovery at or above the prescribed air volume after the air volume of the air for recovery reaches the prescribed air volume.

3. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to hold the air volume of the air for recovery at a constant value, after the air volume of the air for recovery reaches the prescribed air volume.

4. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first flow path is configured to be fluidly communicated with a temperature regulating unit so that air, for which the temperature has been regulated by the temperature regulating unit, flows in the first flow path, and

the second flow path is fluidly communicated with outside of the vehicle so that air taken in from outside of the vehicle flows in the second flow path.

5. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

a temperature regulating unit configured to regulate a temperature of air, wherein

the first flow path is fluidly communicated with the temperature regulating unit so that the air, for which the temperature has been regulated by the temperature regulating unit, flows in the first flow path, and

the second flow path is fluidly communicated with outside of the vehicle so that air taken in from outside of the vehicle flows in the second flow path.

6. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the desiccant part is provided in an intersection area in which the first flow path and the second flow path intersect.

7. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to increase the air volume of the air for recovery with a prescribed correlation to an increase in the air volume of the air subject to dehumidification, before the air volume of the air for recovery reaches the prescribed air volume.

8. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to set the prescribed air volume for achieving the target dehumidification amount of the air subject to dehumidification to 1.5 m 3 /min.

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 18, 2020
From: MARELLI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CABIN COMFORT JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054807/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2020
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054629/0708 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2018
From: NAKAMURA, TAKASHI; MARUYAMA, TOMOHIRO; KAWAI, SHUSUKE
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046765/0455 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-176201 · Sep 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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