Abstract: A movable member is movable in a movable range in response to a command issued to a stepping motor such that a given position of the movable member or a given angle of the movable member is changed. An operating method and/or apparatus may select a stopper member origin position from among a plurality of stopper member positions based on which of the plurality of stopper member positions is closer to a first position or a first angle of the movable member that has been calculated based at least in part on a command issued to the stepping motor; perform reset-to-zero processing by moving the movable member into a second position or a second angle relative to the stopper member origin position; and performing return processing by moving the movable member from the second position or the second angle to the first position or the first angle that has been calculated based at least in part on the command issued to the stepping motor before performing said reset-to-zero processing.

Abstract: A mix door structure wherein drive force for opening and closing a slide door part of a middle slide door unit among multiple slide door units arranged side by side is transmitted by an input shaft including an inner input shaft part (input gear and inner input shaft) which is rotationally supported on two sides at both end portions thereof on bearings provided to a pair of door attachment wall parts of the middle slide door unit and an outer input shaft part (outer input shaft and rotary member) which is rotationally supported on one side on a first shaft hole provided in an outer door attachment wall part of an outermost slide door unit, and the inner and outer input shaft parts are coupled to each other through a coupling hole in the inner input shaft part.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes an evaporator configured to cool air, a heater core provided on a downstream side of the evaporator, a plurality of doors provided between the evaporator and the heater core, a central air path formed on the downstream side of the evaporator, and provided with a first door of the plurality of doors, a first side air path formed on one side of the central air path, and provided with a second door of the plurality of doors, a second side air path formed on the other side of the central air path, and provided with a third door of the plurality of doors, a sub-case configured to form the central air path, and first and second division cases configured to sandwich the sub-case from right and left.

Abstract: An air-conditioning unit for a vehicle that has an idling stop function, may include: a blower fan configured to blow air; a first air-outlet port configured to permit air blown from the blower fan toward a first portion of a vehicle cabin; a second air-outlet port configured to permit air blown from the blower fan toward a second portion of the vehicle cabin; and an air-conditioning controller.