US 12,187,098 B2
Air conditioner for adjusting a temperature of a seat and an interior in a vehicle
Hirotaka Tanabe, Tokyo (JP); Takayuki Kobayashi, Tokyo (JP); Hideaki Tatenoi, Tokyo (JP); Tomoki Hase, Tokyo (JP); and Masahiro Ohta, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/911,092
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/006619
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/182094, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-043949 (JP), filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158859 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00885 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00285 (2013.01); B60H 1/3216 (2013.01); B60H 1/32284 (2019.05); B60N 2/5628 (2013.01); B60N 2/5692 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00928 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle air conditioner comprising:
a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant circulates;
a high-temperature cycle in which a first heat medium in liquid form heated by the refrigeration cycle circulates;
a low-temperature cycle in which a second heat medium in liquid form cooled by the refrigeration cycle circulates; and
a seat that is provided in a vehicle interior and has a warm flow passage and a cold flow passage disposed adjacent to each other, wherein
the warm flow passage is provided on a route of the high-temperature cycle, and
the cold flow passage is provided on a route of the low-temperature cycle.