Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle air-conditioning apparatus and clogging detection system for vehicle air-conditioning apparatus
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Application No.: US16091743Application Date: 2016-06-10
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Publication No.: US10996007B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Yusuke Tashiro
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/067341 WO 20160610
- International Announcement: WO2017/212630 WO 20171214
- Main IPC: F28F27/00
- IPC: F28F27/00 ; B61D27/00 ; F25B49/02 ; B60H1/00 ; B60H1/32

Abstract:
A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit including a heat exchanger, a fan which sends air to the heat exchanger, and a controller which controls the refrigerant circuit and the fan. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is mounted on a vehicle. The controller determines if a position of the vehicle or a speed of the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition. The controller acquires a physical quantity, the physical quantity having already been correlated with a clogging amount of the heat exchanger and the correlation being dependent on whether the predetermined condition is satisfied. The controller determines whether or not clogging occurs in the heat exchanger based on the physical quantity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190137199A1 VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND CLOGGING DETECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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