US 11,884,138 B2
Vehicle air conditioner and control method thereof
Jae-Chun You, Daejeon (KR); Yo Chan Min, Daejeon (KR); and Tae Yong Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/909,275
Filed by Hanon Systems, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/002770
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/177790, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0028160 (KR), filed on Mar. 6, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0028191 (KR), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086817 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/22 (2006.01); B60H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3227 (2013.01) [B60H 1/22 (2013.01); B60H 3/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle air conditioner which is an air conditioner having an interior heat exchanger for air heating, a variable heat exchanger for condensing a refrigerant during air cooling and evaporating the refrigerant during air heating and an evaporator for the air cooling built therein, in a refrigerant loop configured of a compressor, the interior heat exchanger, a first expansion device, the variable heat exchanger, a second expansion device and the evaporator, the air conditioner comprising a supply part for supplying air passing through the evaporator and condensate water generated in the evaporator to the variable heat exchanger.