IP Library Granted Patent US 11,679,647
Granted Patent B2
US 11,679,647 · App. 16/909,103 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Vehicle air conditioner and vehicle

Inventor: Masashi Hotta (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 11,679,647
App. No.
16/909,103
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle air conditioner installed in a vehicle includes a condenser that causes heat exchange between a coolant and outside air, and a spray nozzle that sprays water to a portion near the condenser that are provided in each of a front side accommodation space positioned in a lower front portion of the vehicle and a rear side accommodation space positioned in lower rear portion of the vehicle.

Claims (19)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle air conditioner comprising:

a condenser that causes heat exchange between a coolant and outside air, and a spray nozzle that sprays water to the outside air flowing to the condenser that are provided in each of a front side accommodation space positioned in a lower front portion of the vehicle and a rear side accommodation space positioned in lower rear portion of the vehicle;

a front grill that is provided at a front end of the vehicle and enables the outside air flowing toward the condenser in the front side accommodation space to enter; and

a rear grill through which the outside air that has passed through the condenser in the rear side accommodation space is discharged to an outside of the vehicle, the rear grill being provided at a rear end of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising

a front side air conditioning unit for air conditioning on a front side of a passenger compartment and a rear side air conditioning unit that is driven independently from the front side air conditioning unit and is for air conditioning on a rear side of the passenger compartment, wherein

each of the air conditioning units includes an evaporator provided in a ceiling portion of the vehicle, as well as the condenser and the spray nozzle.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front grill is offset downward with respect to the condenser in a vehicle height direction.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front grill is provided at a lower end of the front end of the vehicle with an upper end of the front grill being below a center of the condenser in a vehicle height direction.

5. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle air conditioner comprising:

a condenser that causes heat exchange between a coolant and outside air, and a spray nozzle that sprays water to the outside air flowing to the condenser that are provided in each of a front side accommodation space positioned in a lower front portion of the vehicle and a rear side accommodation space positioned in lower rear portion of the vehicle; and

a front grill that is provided at a front end of the vehicle and enables the outside air flowing toward the condenser in the front side accommodation space to enter, the front grill is provided at a lower end of the front end of the vehicle with an upper end of the front grill being below a center of the condenser and above a lower end of the condenser in a vehicle height direction.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a front side air conditioning unit for air conditioning on a front side of a passenger compartment and a rear side air conditioning unit that is driven independently from the front side air conditioning unit and is for air conditioning on a rear side of the passenger compartment, wherein

each of the air conditioning units includes an evaporator provided in a ceiling portion of the vehicle, as well as the condenser and the spray nozzle.

7. The vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a rear grill through which the outside air that has passed through the condenser in the rear side accommodation space is discharged to an outside of the vehicle, the rear grill being provided at a rear end of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2020
From: HOTTA, MASASHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053328/0574 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-121190 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200406717A1 · Dec 31, 2020
Cited By (1)
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