Abstract: An expansion tank is disclosed in which a non-return valve is fitted in an outlet port of the expansion tank to limit backflow of coolant into the expansion tank in the event that the pressure in the expansion tank falls below the pressure in a return conduit thereby preventing the expansion tank from filling with coolant. The non-return valve and the expansion tank are formed as a single component and the non-return valve is located in an outlet port of the expansion tank.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning system for a motor-driven vehicle, having a refrigerant circuit (20) with a plurality of heat exchangers (4, 24) through which a refrigerant can be conducted for an exchange of heat with the air which flows through them, with it being possible for the heat exchangers (4, 24) to be operated as heaters or as evaporators as a function of the operating state of the air-conditioning system, and at least one third heat exchanger (16) is provided in the refrigerant circuit (20), which third heat exchanger (16) serves for an exchange of heat with a coolant circuit (13) which is formed separately from the refrigerant circuit (20). The vehicle can be both a motor vehicle and also a fuel-cell-driven vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided an air-cooling structure for a vehicle-mounted object is capable of taking in a sufficient amount of air. The top end of an air suction part 36 is opened extremely near an air deflector 20 behind the air deflector 20. With this, an air flow W4 prevented from flowing to a vehicle compartment space 12 by the air deflector 20 is introduced to the top end of the air suction part 36 and flows into the interior of the air suction part 36. In this manner, the air flow W4 flowing at a speed corresponding to the running speed of a vehicle 10 flows into the interior of the air suction part 36, so that even though the air flow W4 is the outside air, the air flow W4 can effectively air-cool a battery 34 installed in a battery housing part 32.

Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle, provided with: an air blower unit having a first introduction path and a second introduction path through which inside air or outside air is sucked into an upper fan and a lower fan by switching between switching doors; and an air conditioning unit for discharging air into the vehicle interior. The air conditioning device for a vehicle is characterized in that the first introduction path is an introduction path into which only the outside air is introduced when the inside air and the outside air are sucked separately and in that an outside air amount adjustment mechanism for limiting the amount of delivery of the outside air according to the speed of the vehicle is provided in the first introduction path or at a position downstream thereof to reduce the generation of wind noise at a defroster opening or a face opening.

Abstract: A utility vehicle is provided. The utility vehicle may include a transmission including a transmission mechanism and a transmission case assembly for accommodating the transmission mechanism; and an air discharge duct coupled to the transmission case assembly, to discharge air from inside the transmission case assembly; wherein the air discharge duct includes an upward extending portion extending substantially upward from the transmission case assembly, and a downward extending portion which is bent back at an upper end portion of the upward extending portion, and then extends substantially downward; and the upward extending portion and the downward extending portion partially overlap with each other in at least either a forward and rearward direction or a rightward and leftward direction.

Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided, particularly for a vehicle having a main air conditioning unit, an auxiliary air conditioning unit, wherein both the main air conditioning unit and the auxiliary air conditioning unit contain a blower, an evaporator and a heater core, a cold pass is attached to the evaporator, a hot pass is affiliated to the heater core and the cold pass is separated from the hot pass by at least one temperature door. By an air conditioning system, especially for a vehicle, which uses the conditioned air in the vehicle cabin for engine cooling, an additional pass is arranged before the heater core in the auxiliary air conditioning unit wherein said hot pass ends in a body exhauster during the cooling mode of said auxiliary air conditioning unit.

Abstract: A method and a system for changing the power consumption value available for an HVAC unit of a vehicle when an available battery power for batteries of the vehicle is low. A method and a system for non-linearly changing the power consumption value available for the HVAC unit when the available battery power decreases to a power value less than a low power value. The system can be a vehicle including batteries, an HVAC unit, an ECU and a memory. The method may include setting an HVAC power consumption value to a relatively constant power value when the available battery power is greater than a low power value and decreasing the HVAC power consumption value by a non-linear rate of power reduction when the available battery power decreases to a power value less than the low power value.

Abstract: A portion of a draft duct in an air conditioning unit upstream from a heater core is divided into three passages. Each of the divided passages is provided with air mix doors 9a, 9b, and 9c that distribute air into a warm air passage and a cool air passage at a predetermined ratio. The air mix doors 9a and 9b are driven by first slide systems 34a and 34b having drive gears 21a and 21b that mesh with racks 20a and 20b of the air mix doors 9a and 9b, and support shafts 22a and 22b that support the drive gears 21a and 21b. The air mix door 9c is driven by a second slide system 35c having a drive gear 21c that meshes with a rack 20c of the air mix door 9c and that is supported by a support shaft 22c, and a second auxiliary gear 24a that meshes with a first auxiliary gear 24b supported by the support shaft 22c and that is supported by an auxiliary support shaft 25.

Abstract: An exhaust gas line (1) of an internal combustion engine includes at least one catalytic converter (2) which is provided with at least one catalytic converter support (4) which is arranged in the housing (3) and which includes at least one first and one second area (5, 6) which can be flowed through in parallel, with the flow being capable of being deactivated in at least one area by a switching device (8) arranged in the exhaust gas line (1). In order to achieve a rapid activation of the catalytic converter in the simplest possible and most compact way, the areas (5, 6) of the catalytic converter support (4) have different physical and/or chemical properties in relation to response behavior, permeability, catalytic activity and/or thermal inertia.

Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a first blower unit is connected by a connection duct to a side portion of a casing having respective air passages defined therein, and a second blower unit separate from the first blower unit is connected to a lower portion of the casing. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of the casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by a first cooling section of an evaporator, whereas air that is supplied from the second blower unit is cooled by passing through a second cooling section in the evaporator, which is separated from the first cooling section by a pair of first and second partitioning members.

Abstract: An air conditioner for vehicles having a two layer air flow structure which uses one temperature control door for adjusting the temperature and serving as a partition wall for the two-layer air flow structure.

Abstract: A construction vehicle includes a cooling device. The cooling device includes a radiator disposed on a vehicle body frame, an oil cooler disposed adjacent to the radiator with a rear surface side thereof being arranged to face in roughly parallel to a lower part of a front surface of the radiator, and an opening/closing mechanism including a rotary shaft. The rotary shaft is obliquely disposed with a top end portion thereof being arranged closer to the front surface of the radiator than a bottom end portion thereof is. The opening/closing mechanism is configured to pivot the oil cooler about the rotary shaft and simultaneously move the oil cooler with respect to the radiator. Either a counterweight mounted on a rear part of the vehicle body frame or a part of the vehicle body frame is disposed on a line horizontally extended from a bottom end portion of the oil cooler.

Abstract: In a vehicle air conditioner (1) employing an air-mix method, airflow which passed through a bypass channel (14) and airflow which passed through a heated air channel (13) are mixed in an air-mix area (15) located downstream of an air-mix damper (6) and the airflow is guided to a foot outlet (19) through a foot channel (18) provided on the back side of a partition wall (2A) constituting the heated air channel (13). The vehicle air conditioner includes a mixing enhancement portion (50) that makes airflow flowing along the partition wall (2A) flow toward the air-mix area (15) and an introduction portion (60) that is continuous with the mixing enhancement portion (50) and smoothly guides the airflow after air mixing to the foot channel (18) are provided at an end (30) of the partition wall (2A) constituting an outlet of the heated air channel (13).

Abstract: A fluid cooling apparatus (5), comprising at least one heat exchanger device for cooling at least one working or cooling fluid which is heated or is used during the operation of movable machines (1), said machine having an engine covering (11) to cover engine, motor or chassis parts, and further comprising a tank (9) which contains the working and/or cooling fluid and has a predeterminable wall outer contour (7), is characterized in that at least parts of the wall outer contour (7) are part of the engine covering (11).

Abstract: A heating and air conditioning device 20 for an automotive vehicle, including a refrigerant circuit 4 in which a refrigerant circulates between three distinctive units 6, 10, 14 exchanging with respective secondary liquid loops 8, 12, 16. An evaporating unit 6 is dedicated to the evaporation of the refrigerant when operating in a cooling mode. A cooling unit 10 is dedicated to the cooling or condensation of the refrigerant when operating in the cooling mode as well as operating in the heating mode. A reversible unit 14 is dedicated to the evaporation of the refrigerant when operating in the heating mode and dedicated to the cooling or condensation of the refrigerant when operating in the cooling mode.

Abstract: A thermal control apparatus for a vehicle includes a first circulation circuit provided with an internal heat exchange unit, a cooling heat thermal storage unit, and a warming heat thermal storage unit, a second circulation circuit provided with an external heat exchange unit, and a Peltier element that transfers heat between a thermal medium in the circuit and a thermal medium in the circuit. When a request to cool a vehicle interior can be met by the cooling heat stored in the thermal storage unit, the vehicle interior is cooled using the cooling heat stored therein with the drive of the Peltier element stopped. When a request to heat the vehicle interior can be met by the warming heat stored in the thermal storage unit, the vehicle interior is heated using the warming heat stored therein with the drive of the Peltier element stopped.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for controlling the temperature of a fluid additive for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The system has means for exchanging heat between the additive and a refrigerant circuit of a refrigerant system. The fluid additive is preferably a NOx-reducing additive, in particular a urea-water solution, for an SCR catalytic converter system of a motor vehicle. Here, a direct or indirect exchange of heat may be provided between the refrigerant circuit of the refrigerant system, specifically in particular of a vehicle air conditioning system, and the additive.

Abstract: An air conditioner for an automobile includes a foot door (11) and a mixing area. The foot door has a partition wall, and is movable at least between an advanced position where the partition wall reaches a state of blocking an air flow from a merging area to the downstream side in an air passage, and a retreated position where the partition wall retreats from the advanced position in the air passage. The mixing area is provided in the air passage while the partition wall is located in the advanced position, and is designed to cause the air flowing from a cold air passage and the air flowing from a hot air passage into the merging area to mix up more by using the partition wall to block the air flowing from the merging area to the downstream side. Thus, the air conditioner is designed to cause the air to flow into the discharge passage systems via the mixing area.

Abstract: An electric vehicle and a thermal management system are provided, a cooling device thereof comprises a condenser (12), a throttling element (14) and an evaporator (13); a heat exchange device thereof comprises a first air cooled heat exchanger (22) and a heater (23); a heat recovery cooling device thereof comprises a heat emission component heat exchanger (35), a second air cooled heat exchanger (34) and a cooler (33); a passenger compartment temperature regulating device thereof comprises the heater (23) and a cooler (33). The first air cooled heat exchanger (22) and the heater (23) are in communication with the condenser (12) through a first flow regulating valve (21). The cooler (33) and the heat emission component heat exchanger (35) are in communication with the evaporator (13) through a second flow regulating valve (31). The second air cooled heat exchanger (34) is selectively connected in series to the heat emission component heat exchanger (35).

Abstract: A hybrid apparatus for cooling water and air while heating water and storing heated water includes a refrigeration system, a first water tank, a water inlet and heat transfer unit for transferring heat from the refrigeration system into a portion of the water from the water inlet. The apparatus also has a conduit for delivering heated water to a first insulated water tank and to a tap for drawing off heated water. In addition, the cooler has a water cooling system and a conduit for cooling a portion of the water from the water inlet and delivering the cooled water to a second water tank. A conduit is also provided for drawing water from the second water tank to a tap of cold water. Further, the cooler includes an air cooler that has a coil and a water pump for pumping cooled water through the coil plus a fan for blowing air across the coil to thereby cool the air.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning system (1), especially an automotive air-conditioning system, which comprises a multi-part air conduction housing (1) and components disposed therein, such as at least one heater (H: h). The air conduction housing (1), in the area of at least one component, is configured as a replacement part, especially in the form of a part to be pushed in.

Abstract: A tank body 125 comprising header tanks 120 of a radiator is composed with a polyamide composition containing polyamide 6,10, glass fiber, copper and nucleating agent. At this time, the polyamide composition contains, based on the total weight of the polyamide 6,10, the glass fiber, the copper and the nucleating agent, (a) 48.9 to 79.988 percent by weight of the polyamide 6,10, (b) 20 to 50 percent by weight of the glass fiber, (c) 0.002 to 0.1 percent by weight of the copper, and (d) 0.01 to 1.5 percent by weight of the nucleating agent, and the result of measuring half-crystallization time of the polyamide composition is 5 minutes or less. In addition, the polyamide 6,10 used has a relative viscosity, as measured in 98 percent sulfuric acid, of 2.3 to 2.9.

Abstract: An air discharge system of an HVAC (Heat, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system for a vehicle, may include a first path provided in the HVAC system to communicate with discharge ports of a front seat, the first path allowing air that has passed through a heat exchanger to be discharged through the discharge ports of the front seat, a second path diverged from the first path to communicate with discharge ports of a rear seat, the second path allowing air that has passed through the heat exchanger to be discharged through the discharge ports of the rear seat, thus enabling the independent discharge of air to the rear seat, and a first control door provided at a position where the first path and the second path diverge from each other, thus opening or closing the second path.

Abstract: An HVAC assembly for a vehicle is provided that does not require an outward protruding structure so as to form a console vent duct, thus achieving a more compact design, improving a mounting ability on the vehicle, improving a manipulation feeling when selecting each outlet for discharging air, and enhancing sealability between the respective outlets, therefore eventually significantly improving marketability of the vehicle.

Abstract: In an evaporator that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, first fins having louvers therein are arranged between first and second tubes. Together therewith, a second fin, which does not have any louvers therein, is provided at a boundary portion between a first cooling section, which faces toward a first front passage through which air from a first blower unit flows, and a second cooling section, which faces toward a first rear passage through which air from a second blower unit flows. In addition, air is supplied to the interior of a casing from the first blower unit and is cooled by the first cooling section, which is partitioned by the second fin, whereas air supplied from the second blower unit passes through the second cooling section, which is partitioned from the first cooling section by the second fin.

Abstract: In a heater core that constitutes part of a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, a plurality of first and second tubes are provided through which heated water flows through the interior thereof, and fins having louvers therein are disposed between the first and second tubes. Further, the heater core is equipped with a first heating section, which faces toward a first front passage through which air from a first blower unit flows, and a second heating section, which faces toward a first rear passage through which air from a second blower unit flows. Between the first heating section and the second heating section, a partitioning fin is disposed for blocking communication of air mutually between the first and second heating sections. Additionally, the first and second tubes are arranged in parallel to the direction in which the partitioning fin extends.

Abstract: A temperature control apparatus, for radiating heat from a side door to a vehicle interior, includes components which are provided inside each of the vehicle body and side door, respectively. A heat source is disposed within a peripheral edge part of an opening in a vehicle body. A heat pipe is provided in the side door. When the door opening is closed by the side door, the heat source and heat pipe come into contact, and are thermally connected by a heat transmission mechanism.

Abstract: An arrangement for maintaining an operating temperature of a battery (8) in a vehicle (1). A cooling system (12) with a circulating coolant. A radiator (14) to cool the coolant includes a heat-transfer region (12a) where the coolant is in contact with the battery (8). An AC installation with a circulating refrigerant includes a first circuit with a first evaporator (21) in which a refrigerant cools air in a driving cab space (2) of the vehicle (1), and a first condenser (17) where the refrigerant releases thermal energy; a second circuit with a second evaporator where the refrigerant cools the coolant in the cooling system (12), and a second condenser (24) where the refrigerant warms the coolant in the cooling system (12).

Abstract: A thermal-protection apparatus disposed in a vehicle cabin or storage compartment includes a housing enveloping a chamber in which a thermally-sensitive consumer electronic device is received, a thermoelectric module mounted in a wall of the housing, and a remote electronic controller and power source coupled to the housing via an electrical cable for activating the thermoelectric module, and optionally the consumer electronic device, in a manner to prevent the temperature in the chamber from exceeding a prescribed maximum operating temperature of the consumer electronic device or falling below a prescribed minimum operating temperature of the consumer electronic device.

Abstract: A system for cooling and/or heating aircraft devices to be cooled and/or heated includes a first individual cooling and/or heating system associated with a first aircraft device to be cooled and/or heated, a second individual cooling and/or heating system associated with a second aircraft device to be cooled and/or heated, a cooling and/or heating energy supply apparatus adapted to supply cooling and/or heating energy generated by the first and/or the second individual cooling and/or heating system to the first and/or the second aircraft device to be cooled and/or heated, a control device adapted to receive and process signals characteristic of the cooling and/or heating requirements of the first and/or the second aircraft device to be cooled and/or heated and of the load condition of the first and/or the second individual cooling and/or heating system.

Abstract: A casing comprises substantially symmetrical first and second divided casings. A second blower unit is provided at a joined region of the first divided casing and the second divided casing. Air is supplied from a first blower unit into the casing, and then, the air cooled by an evaporator and the air heated by a heater core are mixed and supplied to front seats in the vehicle. Air supplied from the second blower unit into the casing is directed toward the front seats and adjusted at a given temperature by a second cooling section of the evaporator and a second heating section of the heater core, and thereafter, supplied to rear seats in the vehicle from a third rear passage which extends so as to surround a first rear passage.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle air conditioning device, in which a plurality of blow-off mode switching dampers are turned by a link mechanism, for enabling selective switching of blow-off modes, the link mechanism including: levers respectively provided to rotating shafts; and a turnable link including a plurality of cam grooves on each of which a pin provided to each lever slides. A rail portion is provided in any one of an inner side surface of the cam groove and an outer peripheral surface of each pin, and the cam groove and the pin are in contact with each other through the rail portion. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress abnormal noise that is generated when foreign substances are caught in a sliding surface (rail surface) between the cam groove and the pin.

Abstract: Air is supplied to the interior of a casing from first and second blower units, such that cool air that has been cooled by an evaporator and warm air that has been heated by a heater core are mixed together and blown out toward a front seat side and a rear seat side of the vehicle, respectively. At this time, a temperature control damper, which adjusts the temperature of air that is blown into the vehicle compartment, causes a flow of warm air having undergone heat exchange in the heater core to be deflected toward a direction where the evaporator is installed. Mixing of the warm air and the cool air can thus be carried out suitably by causing the flow of cool air, which has undergone heat exchange in the evaporator, and the flow of warm air to be oriented in mutually opposite directions.

Abstract: Temperature control system at the outlet from at least one distribution opening (10, 11) of a transit chamber (30) of a heating and air conditioning device. According to the invention, said system comprises a plurality of air ducts (20, 50) passing through the transit chamber (30) as far as the distribution opening (10, 11). Automobile vehicle ventilation, heating and air conditioning application.

Abstract: The present invention comprises systems and methods for providing conditioned air to a selected portion of an aircraft cabin. In one embodiment, a system includes a cargo compartment air recirculation system fluidly coupled to the cargo compartment and having an air moving device to extract air from the compartment and to transport the air to an air heating device and an air cooling device fluidly coupled to the cargo compartment. Air may be supplied from an air source. Extracted air maybe discharged overboard. A temperature control system is operably coupled to the air heating device and the air cooling device, the control system being configured to maintain a predetermined air temperature within the compartment in response to a sensed compartment temperature.

Abstract: An HVAC comfort system operates in a cabin of a vehicle. A plurality of vehicle status parameters are measured including a cabin temperature and a seat occupancy configuration. The method detects whether the vehicle status parameters correspond to a predetermined override state. When the vehicle status parameters correspond to the predetermined override state, then a respective mandated setting is automatically activated. Unless prevented by the mandated setting, one of a plurality of HVAC modes is automatically selected in response to the cabin temperature and other inputs, wherein the HVAC modes include an extremity heating mode and a panel circulation mode. The extremity heating mode is comprised of automatic activation of a touchpoint heated surface and other outputs in response to the seat occupancy configuration.

Abstract: A drinking water dispensing system for automobiles and associated method preferable includes a reservoir; an egress spout, a pump; temperature adjusting mechanism; a user interface; a thermodynamic conduit including first and second valves; cooling elements; heating elements and first and second insulating layers. The first and second passageways are coaxially oriented along the conduit and cooperate with the cooling/heating elements such that cold/hot water streams are independently transferred to the egress spout while maximizing/minimizing heat transfer losses. Separate water streams are passed through the first/second passageways by selectively toggling the first/second plurality of valves between open and closed positions upon receiving instructions signals from the user interface. Such a system provides users with a readily available source of hot/cold water for drinking while traveling, without requiring the use of separate water-transfer conduits.

Abstract: In a system for a motor vehicle for heating and/or cooling a battery and a motor-vehicle interior, comprising a coolant circuit which is coupled thermally to the battery, a refrigerating circuit with a condenser, a compressor, a first evaporator for cooling the motor-vehicle interior and a second evaporator for cooling the battery. The second evaporator is thermally coupled to the coolant circuit via an evaporator heat exchanger and a surrounding-air heat exchanger is coupled thermally to the coolant circuit for the transmission of waste heat of the battery to the surrounding air. The waste heat of the battery is used to heat the motor-vehicle interior. The evaporator heat exchanger is provided with at least one device for transmitting heat from the evaporator heat exchanger to the surrounding air and/or the motor-vehicle interior, for transmitting waste heat of the battery to the surrounding air and/or the motor-vehicle interior.

Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning device includes a footwell outlet, where the footwell outlet is positioned such that the accompanying air channel can preferably run at the front wall in direction of the tunnel. A design of the HVAC device is suitable for compact dashboard structures. In particular, the HVAC device enables the use of a flying dashboard architecture.

Abstract: An HV-ECU performs a step of detecting an atmospheric pressure, a step of calculating a maximum value of a boost voltage corresponding to the atmospheric pressure by using a map, and a step of setting the maximum value as a system voltage value and controlling a DC/DC converter. Moreover, the HV-ECU may calculate a resistance value of a gate resistance of a switching element corresponding to the atmospheric pressure by using the map and control the gate resistance to achieve the set resistance value.

Abstract: An air conditioning system, which can automatically remove a malodor generated due to condensate water remaining in an evaporator during a predetermined period of time after operation of an air conditioner or turning-off of the air conditioner and control a filtering mode time of a filter to filter an air. The air conditioning system characteristically comprises a shiftable deodorization filter (30 or 40) located on a flow channel of the cool air passageway and operationally moved to a filtering mode position so as to screen the flow channel of the cool air passageway during a predetermined period of time after an air conditioner is turned on or off, whereby the air passing through the cool air passageway C and a malodor contained in the air are filtered.

Abstract: A louver for an air-conduction housing of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system includes a plurality of regions. The plurality of regions are arranged directly adjacent to one another to facilitate air stratification and are subdivided by partitions which are part of the louver. At least one of the regions is configured as a drum-type louver.

Abstract: An HVAC system for a construction vehicle is provided that includes a housing, a blower for circulating the air, at least one air duct for conveying the air, a coolant evaporator for cooling the air passed through the coolant evaporator, a heater for heating the air passed through the heater, a fresh air inlet opening, and a recirculating air inlet opening. The blower, the heater, and the coolant evaporator are disposed one above the other, so that only the blower or only the heater or only the coolant evaporator is cut through in a horizontal section, and/or the fresh air inlet opening and the recirculating air inlet opening are constantly open, so that exclusively fresh air and recirculating air is drawn in substantially simultaneously by the blower.

Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle with hybrid propulsion; the cooling system is provided with a hydraulic circuit, inside which a cooling fluid flows, and has: a main branch, which carries out the cooling of a heat engine and comprises at least a first pump mechanically operated by the heat engine, and at least one radiator which is hit by air when the vehicle is moving; and a secondary branch, which is connected in parallel to the main branch by means of a starting offtake and an arrival offtake, has no heat exchangers of the water/air type, carries out the cooling of a reversible electric machine which may be mechanically connected to the driving wheels, and of a first electronic power converter which controls the electric machine, and comprises at least a second pump electrically operated.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes a first heat exchanger having a pair of mounts attached to one of the tanks of the first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger having a pair of brackets attached to one of the tanks of the second heat exchanger. The brackets are freely insertable into the mounts when the two heat exchangers are at an acute angle with respect to each other. When the two heat exchangers are parallel with each other, an interference condition exists between the brackets and the mounts. The opposite side of the heat exchangers is secured using a retainer on one heat exchanger extending through a strap on the other heat exchanger.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle air conditioning device including an air conditioning unit in which: a unit case (10) of the air conditioning unit is formed of a plurality of lower and upper divided cases (23, 24, 25); and the divided cases (23, 24, 25) are coupled integrally to each other through a mating portion (34) provided to division end surfaces (30A, 30B, 32). The vehicle air conditioning device also includes a space. (35) having a given height in the top-bottom direction and a given width is formed between respective case inner division end surfaces (32, 30B) of the divided cases (24, 25) on one side and the divided case (23) on the other side, the divided cases (23, 24, 25) constituting the mating portion (34).

Abstract: A climate control system for a vehicle having a plurality of modes includes an evaporator having a downstream face. The system also includes at least one blower that blows air across the evaporator. The air downstream of the blower has a pressure distribution defined generally along the downstream face. The pressure distribution along the downstream face is variable depending on which of the plurality of modes the climate control system is currently set.

Abstract: A vehicle cabin air conditioning apparatus including an airflow selecting mechanism movable between a first position to provide a first airflow mode and a second position to provide a second airflow mode. The airflow selecting mechanism restricts first airflow from flowing from a first airflow conduit to a second airflow conduit when in the first position, and permits the first airflow from flowing from the first airflow conduit to the second airflow conduit when in the second position. An electronic control unit is configured to control a first blower based on a user set front cabin airflow level and a second blower based on a user set rear cabin airflow level when in the first airflow mode. The electronic control unit controls the first blower based on the user set front cabin airflow level and the user set rear cabin airflow level when in the second airflow mode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle cooling system, comprising a first cooling circuit, in which a coolant can be circulated, at least one electrical component of the vehicle, which is integrated in the first cooling circuit and is to be cooled, wherein the electrical component can be cooled by means of a coolant that can be circulated in the first cooling circuit, a refrigeration system, which is designed to provide cooling capacity, and a refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, which is designed to transfer the cooling capacity provided by the refrigeration system to the coolant. A first coolant-air heat exchanger for cooling air for a vehicle interior is arranged in the first cooling circuit.

Abstract: A heat exchanger arrangement is made available for heating an area of a vehicle which is to be heated, having: a first heat exchanger element for transmitting waste heat from at least one vehicle electrical component to be cooled to air, and a second heat exchanger element for transmitting heat from at least one vehicle heating device to air. The first heat exchanger element and the second heat exchanger element are arranged in such a way that air (L) to be heated is successively applied to them.