Abstract: A control device of a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, in a heating operation by use of a heating unit, has at least a temperature control target heat absorption heating mode in which a refrigerant that has been discharged from a compressor and has dissipated heat in the heating unit absorbs heat in a temperature control target-specific heat exchanger, and a combined heating mode in which the refrigerant that has been discharged from the compressor and has dissipated heat in the heating unit absorbs heat in an outdoor heat exchanger and the temperature control target-specific heat exchanger, and during the heating operation in the combined heating mode, performs control in such a manner as to determine an operating state that allows the refrigerant to accumulate in the outdoor heat exchanger, and switch to the temperature control target heat absorption heating mode to execute the heating operation.

Abstract: A flip-flop circuit is provided. A driver circuit is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes first to fifth input terminals and first to third output terminals, the first input terminal is supplied with a first trigger signal, the second input terminal is supplied with a second trigger signal, the third input terminal is supplied with a batch selection signal, the fourth input terminal is supplied with a first pulse width modulation signal, and the fifth input terminal is supplied with a second pulse width modulation signal.

Abstract: A flip-flop circuit is provided. A driver circuit is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes first to fifth input terminals and first to third output terminals, the first input terminal is supplied with a first trigger signal, the second input terminal is supplied with a second trigger signal, the third input terminal is supplied with a batch selection signal, the fourth input terminal is supplied with a first pulse width modulation signal, and the fifth input terminal is supplied with a second pulse width modulation signal.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle is provided which can realize suitable temperature control when having a plurality of evaporators even if the load in each evaporator fluctuates. An air conditioner 1 for a vehicle includes at least a compressor 2, a heat absorber 9 to evaporate a refrigerant, a refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger 64, and a control device 11, and conditions air of a vehicle interior. The control device 11 calculates target numbers of revolutions TGNCc and TGNCcb of the compressor 2 required to control the temperature of the heat absorber 9 and the temperature of a heat medium cooled by the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger 64, respectively, and selects the maximum value of them to control the operation of the compressor 2.

Abstract: A control device of a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, in a heating operation by use of a heating unit, has at least a temperature control target heat absorption heating mode in which a refrigerant that has been discharged from a compressor and has dissipated heat in the heating unit absorbs heat in a temperature control target-specific heat exchanger, and a combined heating mode in which the refrigerant that has been discharged from the compressor and has dissipated heat in the heating unit absorbs heat in an outdoor heat exchanger and the temperature control target-specific heat exchanger, and during the heating operation in the combined heating mode, performs control in such a manner as to determine an operating state that allows the refrigerant to accumulate in the outdoor heat exchanger, and switch to the temperature control target heat absorption heating mode to execute the heating operation.

Abstract: A control device of a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus has an outside air heat absorption heating mode in which a refrigerant that has been discharged from a compressor and has dissipated heat in a heating unit absorbs heat in an outdoor heat exchanger, and a combined heating mode in which the refrigerant that has been discharged from the compressor and has dissipated heat in the heating unit absorbs heat in the outdoor heat exchanger and a chiller heat exchanger, and upon switching from the combined heating mode to the outside air heat absorption heating mode, performs control in such a manner as to increase a degree of opening of a first electronic expansion valve to a given degree of opening, maintain the given degree of opening for a given period of time, and fully close a second electronic expansion valve within the given period of time.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus including: a refrigerant circuit includes: a compressor to compress refrigerant; a heat absorbing device to absorb heat from air to be supplied to a vehicle compartment; and a temperature-adjusted subject heat exchanger; a device temperature adjustment circuit connected to the refrigerant circuit via the temperature-adjusted subject heat exchanger, and configured to adjust a temperature of a temperature-adjusted subject mounted in a vehicle by the temperature-adjusted subject heat exchanger; and a controller configured to control the refrigerant circuit and the device temperature adjustment circuit.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle is provided which can realize suitable temperature control when having a plurality of evaporators even if the load in each evaporator fluctuates. An air conditioner 1 for a vehicle includes at least a compressor 2, a heat absorber 9 to evaporate a refrigerant, a refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger 64, and a control device 11, and conditions air of a vehicle interior. The control device 11 calculates target numbers of revolutions TGNCc and TGNCcb of the compressor 2 required to control the temperature of the heat absorber 9 and the temperature of a heat medium cooled by the refrigerant-heat medium heat exchanger 64, respectively, and selects the maximum value of them to control the operation of the compressor 2.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is provided which is capable of expanding an effective range of a dehumidifying and heating mode to achieve comfortable vehicle interior air conditioning. A control device (controller) executes a dehumidifying and heating mode to let a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, let a part of the refrigerant flow from a bypass circuit (refrigerant pipe 13F) to an indoor expansion valve 8, and let the residual refrigerant flow through an outdoor expansion valve 6. In the dehumidifying and heating mode, the control device has a state of controlling the operation of the compressor 2, based on a heat absorber temperature Te and executes a radiator temperature priority mode which enlarges a capability of the compressor when heat radiation in the radiator is insufficient.

Abstract: A heating temperature is appropriately estimated according to an operation mode to achieve comfortable vehicle interior air conditioning. A vehicular air conditioning device 1 includes a compressor 2, an air flow passage 3, a radiator 4 for heating air to be supplied to a vehicle interior, a heat absorber 9 for cooling the air to be supplied to the vehicle interior, and a heat pump controller. The heat pump controller calculates a heating temperature TH being the temperature of air on a leeward side of the radiator and use the heating temperature in control, and calculates the heating temperature TH using an estimation formula which differs depending on the operation mode.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner device of a so-called heat pump system to accurately perform efficient and comfortable heating of a vehicle interior. The vehicle air conditioner device includes a heating medium circulating circuit 23 which heats air to be supplied from an air flow passage 3 to a vehicle interior. A controller calculates a required heating capability TGQhtr of the heating medium circulating circuit to complement a shortage of an actual heating capability Qhp to a required heating capability TGQ of a radiator 4. The controller calculates a decrease amount ?Qhp of the actual heating capability Qhp from a difference ?TXO between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of an outdoor heat exchanger 7 and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase in non-frosting, and adds the decrease amount ?Qhp to the required heating capability TGQhtr to execute the heating by the heating medium circulating circuit.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air-conditioning device in which a refrigerant subcool degree in a radiator is appropriately controlled, so that comfortable and efficient vehicle interior air conditioning is achievable. The vehicle air-conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated by an outdoor expansion valve 6, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7. In the heating mode, the vehicle air-conditioning device controls a refrigerant subcool degree SC of the radiator 4 by the outdoor expansion valve 6. On a basis of a radiator inlet air temperature THin that is a temperature of the air flowing into the radiator 4, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of the refrigerant subcool degree SC in the radiator 4 in a lowering direction, as the radiator inlet air temperature THin rises.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is provided which is capable of efficiently eliminating or suppressing fogging of a window while comfortably heating a vehicle interior. A controller changes and executes a heating mode to let a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, and a dehumidifying and heating mode to let the refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in the radiator and let the refrigerant absorb heat in a heat absorber 9. When the temperature of air blown out to the vehicle interior is not capable of reaching a target outlet temperature in the dehumidifying and heating mode, the controller actuates a window heater 35 heating a front window 30 and shifts to the heating mode.

Abstract: A heating temperature is appropriately estimated according to an operation mode to achieve comfortable vehicle interior air conditioning. A vehicular air conditioning device 1 includes a compressor 2, an air flow passage 3, a radiator 4 for heating air to be supplied to a vehicle interior, a heat absorber 9 for cooling the air to be supplied to the vehicle interior, and a heat pump controller. The heat pump controller calculates a heating temperature TH being the temperature of air on a leeward side of the radiator and use the heating temperature in control, and calculates the heating temperature TH using an estimation formula which differs depending on the operation mode.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicular air-conditioning device of a so-called heat pump system which eliminates or decreases noise generated when an opening/closing valve opens at a changing time of an operation mode. The vehicular air-conditioning device executes a heating mode to let a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompress the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then let the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and a dehumidifying and heating mode to open a solenoid valve 22 in a state of the heating mode, decompress at least a part of the refrigerant flowing out from the radiator and then let the refrigerant absorb heat in a heat absorber 9. When the heating mode changes to the dehumidifying and heating mode, the controller decreases a radiator pressure or a pressure difference before and after the solenoid valve to a predetermined value or less, and then opens the solenoid valve 22.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner device of a so-called heat pump system to accurately perform efficient and comfortable heating of a vehicle interior. The vehicle air conditioner device includes a heating medium circulating circuit 23 which heats air to be supplied from an air flow passage 3 to a vehicle interior. A controller calculates a required heating capability TGQhtr of the heating medium circulating circuit to complement a shortage of an actual heating capability Qhp to a required heating capability TGQ of a radiator 4. The controller calculates a decrease amount ?Qhp of the actual heating capability Qhp from a difference ?TXO between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of an outdoor heat exchanger 7 and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase in non-frosting, and adds the decrease amount ?Qhp to the required heating capability TGQhtr to execute the heating by the heating medium circulating circuit.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioning device of a heat pump system which delays proceeding of frosting onto an outdoor heat exchanger, thereby eliminating or inhibiting deterioration of a heating capability due to the frosting. The vehicle air conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and on the basis of a difference ?TXO=(TXObase?TXO) between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase of the outdoor heat exchanger 7 in non-frosting and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of the outdoor heat exchanger 7, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of a subcool degree of the refrigerant in the radiator 4 in an increasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ?TXO.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air-conditioning device in which a refrigerant subcool degree in a radiator is appropriately controlled, so that comfortable and efficient vehicle interior air conditioning is achievable. The vehicle air-conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated by an outdoor expansion valve 6, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7. In the heating mode, the vehicle air-conditioning device controls a refrigerant subcool degree SC of the radiator 4 by the outdoor expansion valve 6. On a basis of a radiator inlet air temperature THin that is a temperature of the air flowing into the radiator 4, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of the refrigerant subcool degree SC in the radiator 4 in a lowering direction, as the radiator inlet air temperature THin rises.

Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is provided which is capable of expanding an effective range of a dehumidifying and heating mode to achieve comfortable vehicle interior air conditioning. A control device (controller) executes a dehumidifying and heating mode to let a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, let a part of the refrigerant flow from a bypass circuit (refrigerant pipe 13F) to an indoor expansion valve 8, and let the residual refrigerant flow through an outdoor expansion valve 6. In the dehumidifying and heating mode, the control device has a state of controlling the operation of the compressor 2, based on a heat absorber temperature Te and executes a radiator temperature priority mode which enlarges a capability of the compressor when heat radiation in the radiator is insufficient.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioning device of a heat pump system which delays proceeding of frosting onto an outdoor heat exchanger, thereby eliminating or inhibiting deterioration of a heating capability due to the frosting. The vehicle air conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and on the basis of a difference ?TXO=(TXObase?TXO) between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase of the outdoor heat exchanger 7 in non-frosting and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of the outdoor heat exchanger 7, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of a subcool degree of the refrigerant in the radiator 4 in an increasing direction in accordance with increase of the difference ?TXO.