Patent ID: 6688125
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B60H,F25B,F25D,Y02B,Y02T

Abstract:
A refrigerating apparatus for use in vehicles that use an engine as power source, said apparatus comprising:a refrigerating cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, in which refrigerant discharged from the compressor is circulated through the condenser and the evaporator; a generator which is driven by the engine: a storage battery unit which is recharged with an output of the generator; an inverter for converting electric power supplied from the generator and the storage battery unit, to power for driving the compressor; and a controller which has first control means for supplying the output of the generator to the inverter, second control means for supplying power from the storage battery unit to the inverter, and third control means for supplying the output of the generator to the inverter and supplying power from the storage battery unit to the inverter when no power is thereafter available from the generator.