Title:
Vehicles
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6221917
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A vehicle includes an engine, an engine cooling system configured to cool the engine with a coolant, an air conditioning apparatus, a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the coolant and a refrigerant, and an ECU that controls the air conditioning apparatus. The air conditioning apparatus includes a compressor that compresses the refrigerant, and the compressor is driven in response to an air conditioning request to air condition a passenger compartment. Even in the absence of the air conditioning request, the ECU causes the compressor to be driven to heat the coolant by radiation of heat from the refrigerant.
Inventors:
Shuichi Hirabayashi
Kunihiko Jinno
Matsumoto Hiroaki
Kunihiko Jinno
Matsumoto Hiroaki
Application Number:
JP2014084461A
Publication Date:
November 01, 2017
Filing Date:
April 16, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
International Classes:
F01P3/20; B60H1/08; B60H1/22; B60L11/18; B60L50/16
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2006177588A | ||||
| JP2012218463A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fukami patent office