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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1395717 · 4 Sep 2024
A vehicle controller includes a fogginess determination unit 31 that determines whether there is fogging on a window of a vehicle 10 or a sign of fogging thereof, based on a fogginess sensor signal indicating a physical index related to the degree of foggi...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1325330 · 25 Aug 2022
A vehicle comprising an LED headlamp including a lens and an LED light source. A heating element is provided at the lens. A control module is in communication with the heating element. A temperature sensor that is configured to generate a signal indicative...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/941418 · 22 Jun 2016
A method is provided that includes a number of operations performed in real-time during operation of a vehicle. That is, the method may include detecting fog on an interior surface of the window (124, 126) using one or more sensors (120) according to a pro...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/946482 · 20 Jan 2016
A method for operating the air conditioning system of a motor vehicle (1) is provided. Fresh air from outside the motor vehicle (1) is supplied to a first evaporator (20a) and cooled by the first evaporator (20a) to a first temperature, which is less than ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/972073 · 30 Jul 2014
[Purpose] To provide a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus which can ensure a dehumidifying ability even during an intermediate thermal load time where an outside air temperature becomes high during a dehumidifying heating operation time. [Solution] In a ve...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/986931 · 11 Sep 2013
An air conditioner for vehicle (10) includes: a compressor (14) that exchanges heat between a heat-exchange medium, which is output from an electronic expansion valve (27) after being decompressed and expanded, and an atmosphere inside of a vehicle cabin; ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/986932 · 11 Sep 2013
Disclosed therein are a heat pump system for a vehicle, which determines that frosting begins on an exterior heat exchanger 130 and carries out a defrosting control if a difference value between outdoor temperature and refrigerant temperature of an outlet ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1005347 · 8 Feb 2012
A sensor module (22) includes a housing (30). A heat source (60) is located within the housing (30) of the sensor module (22) and a plurality of temperature sensors (64,70,74) are mounted in the housing (30) of said sensor module (22). At least one tempera...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1006438 · 4 Jan 2012
The system (1) has a determination unit (11) to determine outside temperature (Ta), and another determination unit (12) to determine temperature (Ts) between an external heat exchanger (4) e.g. evaporator, and a fan (2), where the determination units are t...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1072281 · 23 Nov 2005
The device has a circuit board (44) on which a humidity sensor (46) is located, and provided with a set of wrap connection components (40). Electrical conductors are provided on a surface (16) for thermal coupling of the sensor with the surface. The conduc...