Patent ID: 6928829

Claim:
An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: a seat air conditioning unit for a vehicle seat that includes a seat cushion for receiving the hip portion of a passenger sitting on the vehicle seat, and a seat back for receiving the waist portion and the shoulder portion of the passenger; and an electronic control unit for controlling the seat air conditioning unit, the seat air conditioning unit includes: a cushion blowing means provided in the seat cushion, for blowing air from a surface of the seat cushion to the hip portion of the passenger, the cushion blowing means being controlled by the electronic control unit; and a back blowing means provided in the seat back independently from the cushion blowing means, for blowing air from a surface of the seat back to the waist portion and the shoulder portion of the passenger, the back blowing means being controlled by the electronic control unit, wherein: the electronic control unit controls the cushion blowing means and the back blowing means in such a manner that a cooling capacity of air blown from the seat back is smaller than a cooling capacity of air blown from the seat cushion while the passenger sits on the vehicle seat, after a seat cooling operation for blowing cool air from the vehicle seat is selected by the passenger.