Patent ID: 8327652
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle humidifying/dehumidifying device comprising: a humidifying/dehumidifying unit provided with a pair of heat exchange components, each of which includes an adsorbent that is capable of adsorbing airborne moisture, and a heating component for heating the pair of heat exchange components, the humidifying/dehumidifying unit configured to generate humidified air and dehumidified air from air that has been introduced to the pair of heat exchange components; a humidifying flow path for blowing out, to a first region including a passenger region in a vehicle cabin, the humidified air that has been generated by the humidifying/dehumidifying unit; a dehumidifying flow path for blowing out, to a second region different from the first region, the dehumidified air that has been generated by the humidifying/dehumidifying unit; a switching component for switching communicated states between the heat exchange components of the humidifying/dehumidifying unit and the humidifying flow path and the dehumidifying flow path; a blowing component for forming airflows that blow out from the humidifying flow path and the dehumidifying flow path via the heat exchange components of the humidifying/dehumidifying unit; and a humidifying amount increasing component which comprises a heating control component configured to control the heating component such that the heating component simultaneously and intermittently heats the pair of heat exchange components, whereby, when the vehicle humidifying/dehumidifying device is switched from a normal mode to a humidifying amount increasing mode, increasing the humidifying amount imparted to the humidified air when the humidified air is generated by the humidifying/dehumidifying unit, to more than that of the normal mode.