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| 3L211 | AIR-CONDITIONING FOR VEHICLES | |
| B60H1/00 -3/06,631 | ||
| B60H1/00-3/06,631 | AA | AA00 TYPE OF VEHICLE |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | AA10 |
| . Passenger vehicles | . . Three-row sheets | . . Convertibles | . . Sports cars | . Buses | . Lorries or vans | . . Refrigerated or insulated vehicles | . . Trucks or dump trucks | . Construction machines or agricultural vehicles | . Hybrid vehicles | |||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA16 | AA17 | AA18 | AA20 | |||||
| . Electric vehicles | . . provided with generators | . . . Fuel cell electric vehicles | . . not provided with generators | . Off-road vehicles | . Diesel vehicles | . Cold-region specifications | . Others | |||||
| BA | BA00 PURPOSE OR EFFECT |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | BA07 | BA08 | BA09 | BA10 | |
| . improving comfort | . . improving heating performance | . . improving cooling performance | . . Dehumidification or humidification | . . adjusting air volumes or wind speeds | . . improving air mixture or temperature control characteristics | . . responding to changing conditions inside and outside vehicles | . . responding to each seat i.e. independent temperature control | . . Dust collection odour elimination or deodorisation | . . preventing mould or sterilising | |||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | ||||||||
| . . Addition to the air e.g. aromas ions or oxygen | . . Ventilation | . . preventing invasion of contaminated outside air | . . lowering noise or vibrations | . . responding to prime mover stop | ||||||||
| BA21 | BA22 | BA23 | BA24 | BA25 | BA26 | BA27 | BA28 | |||||
| . Maintenance of functions | . . improving the durability of devices or parts | . . protecting devices or parts | . . preventing malfunctions | . . Fail safe | . . Drain treatment | . . preventing defrosting or freezing | . . responding to new refrigerants | |||||
| BA31 | BA32 | BA33 | BA34 | BA35 | ||||||||
| . Consideration for environments e.g. ecology | . . Power saving or electric power saving | . . . reducing thermal loads by thermal insulation or the like | . . . improving the efficiency of devices | . . improving recycling efficiency or disassembling properties | ||||||||
| BA41 | BA42 | BA43 | BA44 | BA45 | BA46 | BA47 | BA48 | |||||
| . Safety or drivability | . . securing visibility by defrosters snow melting or the like | . . Operability or visibility of switches or the like | . . preventing dozes | . . mitigating impacts at the time of collisions | . . improving the braking performance of vehicles | . . improving the accelerating performance of vehicles | . . preventing engine stalls or knocking | |||||
| BA51 | BA52 | BA53 | BA54 | BA55 | BA56 | BA57 | BA60 | |||||
| . reducing size or weight | . improving productivity including modularisation | . Common use or versatility | . improving maintenance | . Space-saving or utility | . Air treatment for loads or food | . improving designs | . Others | |||||
| CA | CA00 TYPE OF AIR CONDUIT OR HEAT PUMP |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA04 | CA05 | CA06 | CA07 | ||||
| . Types of air conduits of indoor air conditioners | . . Integrated coolers and heaters and separate air blowers | . . . arranging coolers and heaters up and down | . . . arranging coolers and heaters back and forth | . . Integrated air blowers coolers and heaters | . . Two-layer flows of inside and outside air | . . Independent temperature regulation e.g. right left or all seats | ||||||
| CA11 | CA12 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | CA16 | CA17 | CA18 | CA19 | CA20 | |||
| . Types of refrigerant paths of heat pumps | . . Flow directions of refrigerants being reversed in heat exchangers | . . . combined with hot-water heaters | . . . Refrigerants obtaining heat from other heat sources | . . . Refrigerants imparting heat to brines | . . Flow directions of refrigerants being one direction in heat exchangers | . . . combined with hot-water heaters | . . . Refrigerants obtaining heat from other heat sources | . . . Refrigerants imparting heat to brines | . . . having bypass paths for heating | |||
| DA | DA00 FORM OR MECHANISM |
DA01 | DA02 | DA03 | DA04 | DA05 | DA06 | DA07 | DA08 | DA09 | DA10 | |
| . Air conduits for air-conditioning air | . . inside air conditioners | . . . Air blowers or air volume adjusting devices | . . . Intake ports or indoor and outdoor air switching devices | . . . Structures and arrangements of heat exchanges | . . . Bypass air conduits | . . . Air guide within air-conditioning cases | . . . Airtight structures between air-conditioning cases and devices | . . . Drain treatment | . . . Air mixing or temperature regulating devices | |||
| DA11 | DA12 | DA13 | DA14 | DA15 | DA16 | DA17 | ||||||
| . . . . Slides or film doors | . . . Unit outlet port switching devices | . . . . Slides or film doors | . . . Indoor ports or ducts | . . . Damper drives | . . Structures in vehicle interiors | . . Intake and exhaust ports for ventilation only | ||||||
| DA21 | DA22 | DA23 | DA24 | DA25 | DA26 | DA27 | DA28 | DA29 | DA30 | |||
| . Heat pumps or cooling devices | . . Indoor i.e. using side heat exchangers | . . Expansion valves or orifices | . . Outdoor or heat source side heat exchangers | . . Air blowers for outdoor heat exchangers | . . Paths of refrigerants or brines including four-way valves or the like | . . . having bypass paths | . . Heat exchangers between refrigerants and brines | . . Devices for complementarily cooling or heating refrigerants | . . Compressors | |||
| DA31 | DA32 | DA33 | DA34 | DA35 | ||||||||
| . . . Clutches for compressors | . . . Control valves built into compressors | . . Liquid-storage devices e.g. receivers | . . Cooling storage or heat storage devices | . . Defrosting or antifreezing devices | ||||||||
| DA41 | DA42 | DA43 | DA44 | DA45 | DA46 | DA47 | DA48 | DA49 | DA50 | |||
| . Heating devices other than heat pumps | . . Heaters or heater cores | . . Hot-water paths | . . . having bypass paths | . . Heat storage devices | . . Heat source device for heating | . . . Prime movers transmissions or the like | . . . Heaters using exhaust gases or waste heat | . . . Combustion or viscous heaters | . . . Electric heaters | |||
| DA51 | DA52 | DA53 | DA54 | DA55 | DA56 | DA57 | ||||||
| . Auxiliary air conditioners | . . Air conditioners or heaters for rear seats | . . Air-conditioned seats | . . Temperature-regulated steering or upholstery | . . Cold storage chambers or heating cabinets | . . Defrosting or snow-melting devices | . . Electric fans circulators or the like | ||||||
| DA61 | DA62 | DA63 | DA64 | DA65 | ||||||||
| . Other heat sources capable of cooling and heating | . . using Peltier elements | . . using desiccants or adsorption | . . Absorption types | . . Stirling type or sound freezing | ||||||||
| DA71 | DA72 | DA73 | DA74 | DA75 | DA76 | DA77 | DA78 | |||||
| . Air treatment devices for other purpose than cooling or heating | . . Humidifiers or dehumidifiers not for cooling | . . Air cleaners | . . Deodorising devices | . . Dust collecting or deodorant filters | . . Aroma-generating devices | . . Apparatus for generating ions | . . Oxygen enriching or adding devices | |||||
| DA81 | DA82 | DA83 | DA84 | DA85 | ||||||||
| . Operating indicating or communication devices | . . Operating parts | . . Indicating parts | . . Mechanical transmissions e.g. cables | . . Communication devices including remote controllers or mobile phones | ||||||||
| DA91 | DA92 | DA93 | DA94 | DA95 | DA96 | DA97 | DA99 | |||||
| . Materials | . Securing or fixing means | . Positions or structures of sensors | . Electric circuits or substrates | . Methods for assembling parts | . Methods for mounting on vehicles | . Numerical limitations | . Others | |||||
| EA | EA00 DETECTED INFORMATION OR INFORMATION INPUT INTO OPERATING MEANS |
EA01 | EA02 | EA03 | EA04 | EA05 | ||||||
| . Information on occupants or the like | . . Positions of occupants | . . Presence or absence or number of occupants | . . Skin or body temperature of occupants | . . Information on animals or loads | ||||||||
| EA11 | EA12 | EA13 | EA14 | EA15 | EA16 | EA17 | EA18 | EA19 | EA20 | |||
| . Vehicle interior information | . . Vehicle interior temperatures | . . Vehicle interior humidity | . . Vehicle interior air pressure | . . Air volumes or wind speeds | . . Blow-off temperatures | . . Cleanness or degrees of contamination of vehicle interiors | . . . Particles e.g. smoke dust or pollen | . . . . Cigarette smoke | . . . Concentrations or kinds of gases | |||
| EA21 | EA22 | EA25 | EA26 | EA27 | EA28 | EA29 | EA30 | |||||
| . . Temperatures of parts in vehicle interiors | . . Noise or vibrations in vehicle interiors | . Information on air conditioners | . . Indoor and outdoor air switching dampers | . . Air mixing dampers | . . Outlet port switching dampers | . . Other air conduit switching dampers | . . Air blowers or air volume adjusting devices | |||||
| EA31 | EA32 | EA33 | EA34 | EA35 | EA36 | EA37 | EA38 | EA39 | EA40 | |||
| . . inputting setting values | . . . Setting information on target temperatures | . . . Setting information on outlet ports | . . . Setting information on intake ports | . . . Setting information on air volumes or fan speeds | . . . Setting information on air-conditioning switches | . . . Occupants' voices | . . Compressors | . . Expansion valves or orifices | . . Heat exchangers | |||
| EA41 | EA42 | EA43 | EA44 | EA45 | EA46 | EA47 | EA48 | EA49 | EA50 | |||
| . . . Indoor i.e. using side heat exchangers | . . . Outdoor i.e. heat source side heat exchangers | . . . Freezing or frost formation of heat exchangers | . . . Temperatures of intake air in front of evaporators | . . . Air temperatures behind evaporators | . . Paths of refrigerants or brines e.g. valves | . . Air blowers for outdoor heat exchangers | . . Operation duration e.g. timers | . . Heating media | . . . Temperatures of heating media | |||
| EA51 | EA52 | EA53 | EA55 | EA56 | EA57 | EA58 | EA59 | EA60 | ||||
| . . . Pressure of heating media | . . . Flow rates of heating media | . . . Kinds of heating media | . Information outside vehicle interiors including engine rooms | . . Outdoor air temperatures | . . Outdoor air humidity | . . Amounts or directions of insolation | . . Cleanness or degrees of contamination of outdoor air | . . . Particles e.g. smoke dust or pollen | ||||
| EA61 | EA62 | EA63 | EA64 | EA65 | EA66 | EA67 | ||||||
| . . . Concentrations or kinds of gases | . . . . Exhaust gases | . . Wind speeds or wind pressure outside vehicles | . . Vehicle exterior air pressure | . . Vehicle exterior noise | . . Weather or climate | . . Information on road surfaces e.g. rough roads or inclinations | ||||||
| EA71 | EA72 | EA73 | EA74 | EA75 | EA76 | EA77 | EA78 | EA79 | EA80 | |||
| . Information on vehicles | . . Vehicle speeds | . . . Travelling during jams or at low speeds | . . Acceleration deceleration or throttle openings | . . Number of revolutions or loads of prime movers | . . Oil or water temperatures of prime movers | . . Stopping and parking | . . Travel distances | . . Location information on vehicles e.g. car navigation systems | . . Time of day | |||
| EA81 | EA82 | EA83 | EA84 | EA85 | EA86 | EA87 | EA88 | EA90 | ||||
| . . Windows sunroofs or doors | . . Wipers | . . Power supply arrangements e.g. power supply power generation or electric charging | . . . Electric power | . . . . Generators | . . . . Battery capacity | . . . Electric currents or voltages | . . . Frequencies of inverters or the like | . Others | ||||
| FA | FA00 DETECTION OR CONTROL TIMING, OR DETERMINATION CONTENT |
FA01 | FA02 | FA03 | FA04 | FA05 | FA06 | FA07 | FA08 | FA09 | FA10 | |
| . Operating conditions of vehicles | . . during parking | . . before starting prime movers | . . at the time of starting prime movers or operating cell motors | . . before travelling or during idling | . . during travelling | . . . during accelerating | . . . during steady travelling | . . . before stopping during decelerating or during braking | . . during stopping or idling | |||
| FA11 | FA12 | FA13 | FA14 | |||||||||
| . . at the time of temporary stops of prime movers | . . at the time of restarting prime movers | . . at the time of starting parking | . . at the time of vehicle failures | |||||||||
| FA21 | FA22 | FA23 | FA24 | FA25 | FA26 | FA27 | FA28 | FA29 | FA30 | |||
| . Operating conditions of air conditioners | . . before starting air-conditioning operations | . . during air-conditioning operations | . . . after start of air-conditioning operations or at the time of starting heating or cooling | . . . during high-load operations of air conditioners | . . . at the time of reaching target conditions | . . . during low-load operations of air conditioners | . . . during energy-saving operations | . . . before stopping air-conditioning operations | . . after stopping air-conditioning operations | |||
| FA31 | FA32 | FA33 | FA34 | FA35 | FA36 | FA37 | FA38 | FA39 | FA40 | |||
| . . at the time of switching outlet ports | . . at the time of switching intake ports | . . at the time of changes in air volumes wind speeds or wind directions | . . during adjustment of air mixing or temperature-regulating devices | . . during manual operations | . . At the time of changes in air-conditioning loads | . . during defrosting operations | . . during defrosting operations | . . at the time of switching heating and cooling | . . at the time of switching power of compressors | |||
| FA41 | FA42 | FA43 | FA45 | FA46 | FA47 | FA48 | FA49 | |||||
| . . during abnormalities of air conditioners | . . . at the time of return from abnormalities | . . at the time of abnormality detection or failure diagnoses | . Special conditions of occupants or the like | . . comfortable or uncomfortable | . . during sleep or fatigue | . . requesting tranquillity for music appreciation telephoning or the like | . . at the time of getting on and off | |||||
| FA51 | FA52 | FA53 | FA54 | FA55 | FA56 | FA57 | FA60 | |||||
| . Comparison between vehicle interiors or exteriors | . . when indoor temperatures are higher than those of outdoor air | . . when indoor temperatures are lower than those of outdoor air | . . when indoor humidity is higher than that of vehicle exterior humidity | . . when indoor humidity is lower than that of vehicle exterior humidity | . . when vehicle interiors are cleaner than vehicle exteriors | . . when vehicle exteriors are cleaner than vehicle interiors | . Others | |||||
| FB | FB00 FEATURE OF ARITHMETIC OPERATION OR PROCESSING |
FB01 | FB02 | FB03 | FB04 | FB05 | FB06 | FB08 | FB09 | FB10 | ||
| . Initialisation of data | . Corrections or modifications of reference values | . Corrections or modifications of input signals | . Data comparison | . . comparing input signals with reference values | . . comparing a plurality of input signals | . Estimation or supposition of data | . . Comfort indexes | . . Torque of compressors | ||||
| FB12 | FB15 | FB16 | FB17 | FB20 | ||||||||
| . keeping conditions for a given length of time or delaying outputs | . Features of algorithms | . . Learning control | . . Fuzzy control | . Others | ||||||||
| GA | GA00 OBJECT OF CONTROL OR OUTPUT SIGNAL |
GA01 | GA02 | GA03 | GA04 | GA05 | GA06 | GA07 | GA08 | GA09 | GA10 | |
| . Paths of air-conditioning air | . . inside air conditioners | . . . Air blowers or air volume adjusting devices | . . . Intake ports or indoor and outdoor air switching devices | . . . Heat exchangers | . . . Bypath air conduits | . . . Air guide inside air-conditioning cases | . . . Drain treatment | . . . Air mixing or temperature regulating devices | . . . Unit outlet port switching devices | |||
| GA11 | GA12 | GA13 | GA14 | |||||||||
| . . . Indoor outlet ports or ducts | . . . Damper drives | . . Structural bodies in vehicle interiors | . . Air intake and exhaust ports for ventilation only | |||||||||
| GA21 | GA22 | GA23 | GA24 | GA25 | GA26 | GA27 | GA28 | GA29 | GA30 | |||
| . Heat pumps or cooling devices | . . Indoor or using side heat exchangers | . . Expansion valves or orifices | . . Outdoor i.e. heat source side heat exchangers | . . Air blowers for outdoor heat exchangers | . . Paths of refrigerants or brines including four-way valves | . . Heat exchangers between refrigerants and brines | . . Devices for complementarily cooling or heating refrigerants | . . Compressors | . . . Power switching means of compressors | |||
| GA31 | GA32 | GA33 | GA34 | GA35 | GA36 | GA37 | ||||||
| . . . Clutches for compressors | . . . Control valves built into compressors | . . . Capacity | . . . Number of revolutions | . . Liquid-storage devices | . . Cooling storage or heat storage devices | . . Defrosting or antifreezing devices | ||||||
| GA41 | GA42 | GA43 | GA44 | GA45 | GA46 | GA47 | GA48 | GA49 | ||||
| . Heating devices other than heat pumps | . . Heaters or heater cores | . . Hot-water paths | . . Heat storage devices | . . Heat source devices for heating | . . . Prime movers transmissions or the like | . . . Heaters using exhaust gases or waste heat | . . . Combustion type or viscous heaters | . . . Electric heaters | ||||
| GA51 | GA52 | GA53 | GA54 | GA55 | GA56 | GA57 | ||||||
| . Auxiliary air conditioners | . . Air conditioners or heaters for rear seats | . . Air-conditioned seats | . . Temperature-regulated steering or upholstery | . . Cold storage chambers or heating cabinets | . . Defrosting or snow-melting systems | . . Electric fans circulators or the like | ||||||
| GA61 | GA62 | GA63 | GA64 | GA65 | ||||||||
| . Other heat sources capable of cooling and heating | . . using Peltier elements | . . using desiccants or adsorption | . . Absorption types | . . Stirling type or sound freezing | ||||||||
| GA71 | GA72 | GA73 | GA74 | GA75 | GA76 | GA77 | GA78 | |||||
| . Air treatment devices for other purpose than cooling or heating | . . Humidifiers or dehumidifiers not for cooling purposes | . . Air cleaners | . . Deodorising devices | . . Dust collecting or deodorising filters | . . Aroma-generating device | . . Apparatus for generating ions | . . Oxygen enriching or adding devices | |||||
| GA81 | GA82 | GA83 | GA84 | GA85 | ||||||||
| . Operating indicating or communication devices | . . Indicating parts including indication contents | . . Communication devices including remote controllers or mobile phones | . . Warning devices | . . Voice input and output devices | ||||||||
| GA91 | GA92 | GA93 | GA94 | GA95 | GA99 | |||||||
| . Related equipment or the like | . . Prime movers | . . Power supply arrangements for power supply power generation or electric charging | . . Vehicle body structures | . . . Windows sunroofs or doors | . Others |