Patent ID: 6748757
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B60H,B60K,B60L,F25B,F25D

Abstract:
An air conditioner for an automobile which is an air conditioner for an automobile used for an electric automobile comprising a driving motor for driving the automobile and a motor driving power source for driving the driving motor, said air conditioner comprising;a refrigeration cycle formed by connecting an electrically driven compressor, an exterior heat exchanger, a pressure reducing apparatus, an interior heat exchanger and a four-way switch valve; an exterior fan for sending outside air to the exterior heat exchanger; and an interior fan for sending inside air to the interior heat exchanger, further comprising: a radiator connected to cool a heat generating electric apparatus such as the driving motor or the motor driving power source via cooling fluid; wherein an opening is provided on an upstream side of the exterior heat exchanger, between the radiator and the exterior heat exchanger, in an air flow path of the exterior fan and closing apparatus for opening and closing an air flow path of the exterior heat exchanger is provided between the radiator and the exterior heat exchanger.