Occupant-type vehicle

In a preferred embodiment, a mateable upper and lower vessel having upper and lower compartments substantially isolated from one-another, of insulation light-weight material self-supporting, containable of water and ice in the lower compartment and having mounted fans adjacent upper ports of the upper...     

An air conditioning system for a Dasher or Audi-Fox automobile wherein a compressor is mounted on a bracket bolted to tapped holes in the right side of the engine block.

After the intake air for a vehicle's internal combustion type propulsion engine has been throttled down to about the intake manifold pressure, water is sprayed into the air. This air passes through the primary side of an air-to-air heat exchanger so that the vaporization of the water will remove heat...     

An apparatus for being installed within a truck or bus vehicle, the apparatus consisting of a pair of air conditioner compressors and a power take-off drive for the compressors which takes power from a transmission located on the truck or bus chassis.

The present invention shows an air conditioning system for use on an automobile. The compressor and condenser are located under the hood of the automobile with an evaporator being located inside of a console shaped assembly within the interior of the automobile. Intake louvers are located between the...     

A drinking water supply system for use in vehicles equipped with air conditioning comprises a reservoir for receiving a quantity of potable water and a pump for supplying water from the reservoir. A conduit extends from the pump to a valve situated in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and adapted...     

A device for distributing conditioned air over a row of chairs, especially over a row of individual chairs, while at least a portion of the seats of a row of seats is mounted on a common supporting beam. The conditioned air is passed through the supporting beam designed as a hollow body. Provided on...     

An air conditioning apparatus and system for an automobile having the operating unit in the trunk, including cool air tubes leading up to and opening through the back shelf behind the back seat, to the interior. The air is taken in from the exterior through the floor of the trunk and driven over the...     

Locomotive environmental system to be mounted in the roof of a cab for controlling the environment within the cab which includes a housing having an upper chamber arranged above the roof line of the cab and having one compartment for a condenser unit and another compartment for a compressor unit, a blower...     

A refrigeration type air conditioning apparatus employing a heat transfer medium for use in a vehicle having a large passenger area, comprising a vehicle engine driven compressor and a pair of electric motor driven compressors, all of which are connected to a pair of condenser coils via a discharge manifold...     

An improved tractor having a front section pivotally coupled to a rear section wherein the front section has a radiator, front wheels, and a tiltable cab. Wrapped around the radiator at the extreme end of the front section is a combination bumper and storing area for hydraulic fluid. The additional weight...     

A lawn watering system utilizes water formed by condensation taken out of the air by an air conditioning system. The water is stored in a holding tank and at a predetermined level in the tank, a pump is switched on for delivering the water to a hose system in the lawn.

An air conditioning unit having a housing providing support structure for supporting the unit on a relatively thin sheet metal roof of a bus or the like. The housing includes two opposed upright side panels which provide the support for the air conditioning components housed therein and which also in...     

An air conditioning unit for heating or cooling the cab of a tractor or other vehicle. A rectangular housing is mounted to the roof of the cab. It includes front, back and side walls which are upright and spanned by a horizontal cover. A central transverse shaft is rotatably mounted within the housing...     

The invention provides a heat absorptive panel which has coolant circulation passages within it and is provided with means for reducing or preventing surface condensation of moisture from a humid atmosphere. The condensation is reduced by providing a panel covering of bleached cotton fabric which retains...     

An air conditioner unit adapted for mounting on the roof of a motor vehicle is shown. Two elongated condensor units are arranged side by side within the unit housing and extend along the longitude of the vehicle roof; two elongated evaporator units are arranged side by side within the unit housing behind...     

An icebox for a recreational vehicle such as a van or the like is described and comprises a hollow cylindrical portion which is rotatably mounted in the interior of the van. A tabletop portion is provided on the upper end of the cylindrical portion. An access door is provided at one side of the icebox...     

An air-conditioned passenger motor vehicle preferably with a partition wall between the front part of the passenger cell and the rear space; a separate air-conditioning installation is provided for each part of the passenger cell which consists of a blower, of an air filter, of a cooling-medium evaporator...     

A self-contained air-conditioning system for a vehicle, adapted to be mounted on the vehicle roof. The air-conditioning system includes an air refrigeration system comprising compressor, evaporator, condenser and fans operatively associated therewith, an auxiliary electrical generator, independent of...     

An air conditioning system primarily intended to be installed in an automative vehicle for selectively heating or cooling the passenger compartment for comfort as might be desired by the occupants. The system is completely battery operated and may be programmed to cool or heat the compartment without...     

The present invention is directed to an improved blower system particularly useful for vehicles wherein the one or more fans, squirrel cage blowers or the like are driven by a hydraulic motor which is powered directly from the hydraulic system of the vehicle. Thus, the blower system of the present invention...     

A cooling fabric including a composite layered member carried coextensive with the object to be cooled. The composite layered member includes a lower nonporous layer, a middle porous layer, and an upper permeable light reflective and soil resistant layer. Water conveying channels are interposed between...     

A transport refrigeration machine for conditioning the interior of a trailer comprising a frame, a refrigerant compressor, a condenser assembly, and an evaporator assembly. The evaporator assembly includes a housing, a heat exchanger extending within the housing for conducting the refrigerant fluid therethrough,...     

An air conditioning system for powered aircraft is provided wherein a refrigerant compressor is located immediately adjacent to the alternator at the right forward portion of a horizontally opposed aircraft engine. The compressor is mechanically driven indirectly from the main bulkhead/starter ring gear...     

An air conditioning and ventilation system for a motorcar has an outdoor air passage for introducing fresh outdoor air into the passenger room and another passage for guiding room air to the atmosphere. The two passages intersect at a point where a heat exchanger is provided for exchanging both of the...     

An automobile air conditioner has a refrigeration cycle composed of a compressor, condenser, liquid tank, orifice means and an evaporator, as well as mechanical parts such as a radiator and radiator fan associated with the condenser and a blower combined with the evaporator. The compressor is operatively...     

An air-conditioning system for use in a motor vehicle having a vehicle body including a seat structure mounted on the floor panel and a side wall member such as a center pillar located on one side of the seat structure, the air-conditioning system comprising an air-conditioner assembly which is positioned...     

An air conditioning apparatus for an automobile having a compartment comprises a cooling unit including an evaporator for cooling air, a heater for heating a portion of the cooled air, an air mixing damper for mixing the cooled air with the heated portion thereof and introducing the mixture into the...     

An automobile air-conditioning system in which a single ventilation unit for supplying the conditioned air to a compartment is divided into two parts, and the air passing through each part is adapted to be controlled respectively. The compartment is divided into at least three air-conditioning zones...     

A fluctuating drive system comprises: random generating means for generating a randomly varying physical quantity; control means for controlling the randomly varying physical quantity; amplifying means for amplifying the controlled physical quantity; and driving means for driving an energy generating...     

A self-propelled agricultural harvester is provided with an operator's cab which has a combined roof and visor in which environmental components and accessories are mounted.

An automobile air conditioner of a reheat air mix type, having an evaporator disposed in a duct and a heater core disposed in the duct at the downstream side of the evaporator. Chilled air passages are formed between both sides of the heater core and the surfaces of opposing walls of the duct. The chilled...     

A cold box is provided for motor vehicles or similar mobile crafts, and in particular for passenger cars. The cold box is an apparatus to be built into the motor vehicle between two seats disposed next to each other and at a distance from each other. The cold chamber is disposed above a console pedestal...     

The transport refrigeration unit (FIG. 5) includes a generally planar main frame 20, 22, 24 which supports a base frame 34 for carrying the compressor 54 and engine 56, and with an evaporator plenum 58 and a condenser plenum 60 in side-by-side, but spaced apart relation to provide a channel 62 therebetween....     

A vehicle air conditioning, heating and air circulation system is provided for a vehicle utility space. A condensor and evaporator of a vehicle compressed-air air-conditioning system are arranged respectively in the inflow and outflow air channels for the vehicle space. A heat exchanger cycle of a vehicle...     

An air conditioning apparatus for car comprising: an air intake fan having internal and external air inlet ports and internal and external air change-over dampers; a heat exchanger for cooling and a heat exchanger for warming, both being arranged in series at the downstream of said air intake fan and...     

An air conditioner system for a vehicle includes a rear-seat blower unit and a rear-seat blower unit which are connected only by at least two connecting passages. Thus the air conditioner system is simple in structure and hence easy to construct. Further, any existing front-seat air conditioner unit...     

An air conditioning unit for automobiles is equipped with a bypass passage around the evaporator therein which is adapted to pass a substantial part of the ambient air introduced into the air conditioning unit when the air conditioning is halted. In addition, a control means is provided for controlling...     

An air-conditioning system for vehicles, that can be retrofit installed into a roof ventilation opening, a roof ventilation assembly, with an extremely low overall height above the roof of the vehicle, as a substitute for a hatch of the ventilation assembly provided for the closing and opening of the...     

An air-conditioning and refrigerating system has a single vane-type rotary compressor, a single condenser, an air-conditioning evaporator and a refrigerating evaporator parallel to the air-conditioning evaporator. The compressor has main and auxiliary suction ports connected through air conditioning...     

A filtering unit for a bus, the unit comprising one outer housing of a size to fit between the row of seats in the bus and a forwardly facing wall of a bus lavatory behind the seats, the housing having air inlet and air outlet openings for communication with ducts opening in upper and lower portions...     

A refrigerator for vehicles has a cooling unit and a cool-keeping container adapted to be detachably connected to the cooling unit and contain goods to be cooled. The cooling unit includes a refrigerator evaporator connected to a refrigeration cycle of an automotive airconditioning refrigeration cycle...     

A roof mounted air conditioning unit for recreation vehicles comprising a cabinet made up of a base pan and a removable shroud. The base pan has a bottom wall and an upstanding perimeter wall with an outwardly protruding porch flange extending around the entire upper edge of the perimeter wall to provide...     

An automobile cooling system where electrical energy derived from solar cells are used to drive the pump and fan of a vehicle mounted evaporative cooling system. Automatic control of the system is provided by a thermostatic switch located within the vehicle.

A cooler for automotive use which uses neither the power of the engine nor that of the battery, but instead operates from power supplied by solar cells mounted on the roof of the vehicle. The cooler includes a liquid coolant filled evaporator, a radiator, a heat pipe connecting the evaporator and the...     

In an air conditioner for automobiles, control unit for performing feedback control of blow off air is constructed in the form of an integral-added optimal regulator (M4) which performs the feedback control on the basis of optimal feedback gain predetermined according to dynamic model(s) of an air conditioning...     

An air conditioner system for a vehicle includes a front-seat air conditioner unit, a rear-seat blower unit, and at least one connecting passage interconnecting a main duct of the front-seat air conditioner unit and a rear-seat duct of the rear-seat blower unit. The front-seat air conditioner has a main...     

A first air conditioner is generally applied to a vehicle including a windshield and a passenger compartment having a front segment and a rear segment. The windshield faces the front segment of the passenger compartment. Air is injected into the front segment of the passenger compartment via a first...     

An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a condenser unit including at least a condenser and a blower associated therewith and a cooling unit including at least an evaporator and a blower associated therewith, the condenser unit and the cooling unit being structurally independent from one another and...     

A bus air conditioning unit suitable for roof mounting adjacent to the rear of a bus which includes an elongated support frame having first and second ends, front and rear portions, and a substantially open top portion. The elongated support frame is divided into forward and rear evaporator and condenser...     

A mobile mortuary comprising an elongated container defining an interior compartment for cadavers. Cadaver trays are supported in the compartment for movement through an opening in the front wall of the container to an extended position. An evaporator is mounted on the container within the compartment,...     

A refrigerating device for holding food or drinks or other objects fitted with a front cover for opening and closing is arranged between the back rests of two seats spaced relative to each other in a vehicle and may be covered by an arm rest which may be folded up against the front wall of the refrigerating...     

In an air conditioning system for vehicles which includes a compressor of a variable capacity type, a comparison is made between a compressor capacity required for an air conditioning control and a compressor capacity required for a demist control. The compressor capacity is controlled so as to be brought...     

This invention relates to a mobile emergency medical vehicle having a main transport engine and a medical equipment, supply and patient compartment or module, with such compartment having an independently operated electrical generating means powered by an auxiliary engine capable of providing all of...     

An air conditioning unit (12) for a bus (10) which includes a roof mounted evaporator (36) having first and second transversely spaced evaporator sections (38, 40). Head room in the bus (10) is preserved while reducing noise in a passenger compartment (28) by employing first and second evaporator air...     

Method of instantly lowering the temperature of the passenger compartment a of vehicle using atomized bursts of alcohol-water solution.

The invention relates to a refrigeration system for use in motor-cars equipped with an air-conditioning system. The refrigeration system comprises a metal cooling mantle through which a cold refrigerant is circulated, the size of the mantle being such as to closely fit a standard beverage can or bottle....     

An air conditioner for automobiles includes a pair of juxtaposed air flow passages commonly containing blowers and heat exchangers. Each of the air flow passages is provided with a bypass door and an air distribution door. At least one of the bypass door and the air distribution door in one air flow...     

A vehicle air conditioning system in which air or a working liquid is circulated through a heat exchanger mounted in intimate thermal contact with the cold head of a modified Stirling cycle refrigerator. The working liquid is circulated through a heat conductive tube to the location of the vehicle to...     

This application concerns an automobile air conditioning system having two evaporators and one compressor which is alternately activated and deactivated to prevent frost from accumulating on one of the evaporators by way of a refrigerant pressure responsive switch at the outlet of the one evaporator....     

A bus air conditioning unit suitable for roof mounting on either end of a bus, including a metallic frame which includes a condenser and a control panel as integral structural members. A removable cover reveals all components of the unit which are not mounted outside the frame, which components include...     

In an air conditioning system for vehicles which includes a compressor of a variable capacity type, a comparison is made between a compressor capacity required for an air conditioning control and a compressor capacity required for a demist control. The compressor capacity is controlled so as to be brought...     

An automobile air conditioner which has a generally elongated casing having air intake and outlet grilles defined at opposite sides thereof, a generally elongated evaporator accommodated within the casing so as to extend generally parallel to the direction of elongation of the casing and positioned adjacent...     

A flat air conditioner for railway vehicle for installation on the roof of a vehicle is advantageous from the viewpoint of reducing air resistance to the vehicle and the design of the vehicle. The present invention provides such a vehicular air conditioner incorporating a horizontally longer compressor...     

An automobile air conditioning system for controlling the inside temperature of an automobile to maintain the inside temperature in a comfortable range or to protect the contents of the automobile from becoming overheated on excessively hot days or to prevent freezing on cold days when the automobile...     

A demist controller for an automobile air-conditioner includes a demist judgement unit for judging the need for a demist operation based on the relative humidity in the vicinity of the inside surface of a window glass of the automobile, and a correction unit for automatically correcting criteria for...     

An air conditioner for an automobile includes two pairs of hydrogen storage cells. Each cell includes a hydride-forming material, which absorbs hydrogen while generating heat, and releases hydrogen while absorbing heat. One pair of cells operates as an air conditioner, absorbing heat from the interior...     

An automobile air-conditioner of the type having a heat pump includes an exhaust gas heat exchanger for heating an engine cooling water by means of engine exhaust gas for rapidly increasing the temperature of air passing through a heater core when the heating operation is started, and a bypass passage...     

An automotive air conditioner uses a non-azeotropic mix-type refrigerant of a higher boiling point refrigerant and a lower boiling point refrigerant. The automotive air conditioner changes its cooling capacity by varying the proportion of the lower boiling point refrigerant and the higher boiling point...     

An apparatus for controlling an automobile airconditioner includes a discharge mode selection device for selecting a discharge mode depending on the magnitude of a discharge mode changeover criterion signal calculated based on at least a vehicle compartment temperature and a setting temperature, and...     

In an air-conditioner for automobiles, cooled air having passed through an evaporator is immediately introduced through a cooled air bypass passage into the vehicle passenger compartment. The opening of a bypass door disposed in the bypass passage is adjusted based on a head part total signal corresponding...     

An automobile air-conditioner wherein a total signal corresponding to a thermal load in the passenger compartment of an automobile and a head part total signal corresponding to a thermal load in the vicinity of the head of an occupant of the passenger compartment, then the thus obtained two total signals...     

A flat air conditioner for railway vehicle for installation on the roof of a vehicle is advantageous from the viewpoint of reducing air resistance to the vehicle and the design of the vehicle. The present invention provides such a vehicular air conditioner incorporating an horizontally longer compressor...     

An automotive air conditioning system according to the present invention includes a heat pump circuit comprising a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger provides cooled or heated air to a passenger compartment. The second heat exchanger is provided with an outside...     

An air conditioning system for use in a vehicle including a baggage room under the floor thereof and a bulk-head in the rear portion thereof, in which the bulk-head has inside and outside air intake ports and exhaust ports respectively communicating with the inside and outside air intake ports, the air...     

An air-conditioning system controls the temperature of the air flow such that a deviation of an interior temperature of the passenger compartment of the vehicle determined by an interior temperature sensor from a givable desired temperature becomes minimal (interior temperature control). In the case...     

A vehicle having an integrated air conditioning system and beverage cooling system comprising apparatus for compressing a refrigerant fluid, first apparatus for receiving and evaporating the compressed refrigerant fluid, apparatus associated with the air conditioning system for circulating air across...     

An air conditioner for an automobile includes two pairs of hydrogen storage cells. Each cell includes a hydride-forming material, which absorbs hydrogen while generating heat, and releases hydrogen while absorbing heat. One pair of cells operates as an air conditioner, absorbing heat from the interior...     

An apparatus for use particularly within an automotive environment, including a central support container for securement of a plurality of chambers therewithin, wherein each chamber provides reception of a predetermined quantity of a refrigerant gel or fluid. The support container includes a "U" shaped...     

An air tempering apparatus for use in an automotive vehicle including a duct having a first passage through which tempered air is discharged into a front compartment portion in front of the front seats and a second passage through which tempered air is discharged into a rear compartment portion in rear...     

A replacement rear door for a van comprising in combination an interior front panel, an exterior rear panel with exterior peripheral panels defining an internal equipment storage zone; an air conditioning system housed entirely within the equipment storage zone for cooling the warm air generated in the...     

A system for cooling fluid stored in a generally cylindrical container is disclosed. The system includes a generally cylindrical hollow coil element having an engaged orientation for engaging the container and at least one disengaged orientation in which the container is disengaged. The hollow coil element...     

An automobile air conditioner for use in an automobile which has a generally rectangular box casing curved along a curvature of the ceiling of automobile and having an air inlet and an air outlet defined at opposite sides thereof, a generally elongated evaporator accommodated in the casing adjacent to...     

A cooling system for cooling units of furniture adapted for supporting the human body, and for car seats, steering wheels and arm rests, includes two main components. A closed loop air conditioning subsystem has a first motor which drives a compressor in which a refrigerant fluid is compressed. The compressed...     

An air conditioning system including main and auxiliary cooling units for air conditioning the inside of an automotive vehicle has a compressor, variable in discharge volume, for discharging a compressed refrigerant to the main and auxiliary cooling units. The compressor is controlled to vary its discharge...     

A primary air conditioning system for a vehicle has an engine driven compressor which supplies refrigerant to a cooling subsystem comprising a condenser, and expansion valve, and an evaporator. A precooling system has an absorption type system which supplies refrigerant to the cooling subsystem which...     

A food and beverage conditioner attachment to auto dashboards, wherein a walled body forms a plenum chamber receiving food and beverage containers exposed therein to the discharge of air conditioner air flowing freely therethrough and into the passenger compartment.

An automobile air conditioning system supplies conditioned air to the passenger compartment of an automobile. The air conditioning system includes an evaporator for cooling the incoming flow of air and a heater core for heating the incoming air from said evaporator to a predetermined temperature. The...     

An air conditioner for a vehicle comprises a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an undercooling heat exchanger, an expansion valve, an evaporator disposed in an air duct. The air conditioner further comprises a heater core arranged at a downstream of the evaporator to pass the conditioned...     

A system for controlling the temperature of the interior of a vehicle, e.g., a railway carriage, comprising a refrigerant circuit (18) having an evaporator (21) through which air is passed to outlets (24) to the interior of the vehicle. A condenser (25) of the refrigerant circuit (18) is cooled by liquid-containing...     

An air-conditioning system operates in an automatic control mode when an auto-switch is on. When a rotary member which is manually rotated to set one air-conditioning factor is rotated while the auto-switch is on, the air-conditioning system operates in a manual control mode as far as the one air-conditioning...     

For a vehicle, a unitary vehicle air conditioning and heater assembly with the operative parts of the air conditioning system within a housing enclosure which has various openings therethrough for selective air flow into and out of the enclosure. The vehicle has interior body panel means between the...     

An automobile air-conditioner wherein a controlled variable used to determine the control mode of a component of the air-conditioner is corrected or restricted according to the amount of shifting of the head part setting temperature for driving the component of the air-conditioner based on the corrected...     

A method and apparatus are disclosed for self-replenishment of the solution contained within an automobile windshield washer system. Water is extracted from air such as through the use of a desiccant system in combination with an automobile air conditioning system. This water is combined with a stored...     

An automobile air-conditioner wherein a controlled variable used to determine the control mode of a component of the air-conditioner is corrected or restricted according to the amount of shifting of the head part setting temperature for driving the component of the air-conditioner based on the corrected...     

An air conditioning apparatus suitable for an electric car without a hot water source, while preventing the windshield from fogging up when switching from a cooling or dehumidifying operation to a heating operation. Upon the commencement of a heating operation following the end of a preceding cooling...     

An air conditioning apparatus for an electric car capable of preventing condensation from forming on windshields, while decreasing electric power consumption. A duct forms therein a first passageway connecting an inside air inlet 8 with a lower outlet (foot outlet) 10 for discharging an air flow toward...     

A vehicle air-conditioning system includes three separate chambers formed by partitions. An interior heat exchanger is disposed in the first chamber for heat exchange with air introduced into the first chamber, and first chamber has an inside-air introduction port for admitting air from the vehicle passenger...     

An electric automobile comprises a wheel driving motor (8, 10, 15, 21, 50, 80) and a refrigerating system for air-conditioning the interior of an electric automobile. The refrigerating system has a compressor (7, 22, 57), an outdoor heat exchanger (6, 25, 53), an expansion valve (3a, 3b, 13, 27, 28,...     

An adsorption cooling apparatus includes a hermetically sealed cylindrical capsule that contains a first thermal medium, a moisture absorber on its first side and an adsorbent on its second side. The capsule reciprocatively moves and slidably contacts with a cooling vessel containing a low temperature...