Patent ID: 6915650
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, the air conditioner comprising: a main blower for blowing air; a heat exchanger unit for performing heat exchange with air blown by the main blower; a case for accommodating the heat exchange unit, the case having a first air passage through which conditioned air after being heat-exchanged with the heat exchange unit flows toward a first area in the passenger compartment, and a second air passage through which conditioned air after being heat-exchanged in the heat exchange unit flows toward a second area in the passenger compartment, the second air passage having an air flow resistance larger than that in the first air passage; a sub-blower disposed in the second air passage, for blowing conditioned air in the second air passage toward the second area of the passenger compartment; and a control unit for controlling operation of the main blower and the sub-blower, the control unit including a first control means for controlling an air amount blown by the main blower, and a second control means for controlling an air amount blown by the sub-blower; wherein the second control means corrects the air amount blown by the sub-blower in accordance with a change of the air amount blown by the main blower; and the second control means increases the air amount blown by the sub-blower in accordance with a decrease of the air amount blown by the main blower.