Patent ID: 7404435
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner for automotive vehicle use comprising: an air path for blowing air into the compartments by a blower; an internal-external air switching means for introducing by switching the internal and the external airs into the air path; a heat exchanger for cooling the air blown by the blower in the air path; a plurality of blow mode switching means for switching a plurality of blow modes by opening and closing a plurality of openings for blowing air into the compartments from the air path; a blow mode setting means for allowing an occupant to selectively set the blow mode; and an air condition control unit for driving the blow mode switching means based on the blow mode set; wherein the blow modes include a foot-defroster mode in which air is blown from both a foot opening toward the feet of the occupants in the compartments and a defroster opening toward the vehicle window glasses, and the blower and at least one of the internal-external air switching means and the heat exchanger are controlled in an operatively interlocked relation with each other; and wherein the air condition control unit executes the control operation in foot-defroster mode upon lapse of a predetermined time length from the time point when the foot-defroster mode is set by the blow mode setting means.