JPS5814322B2 - Vehicle air conditioning display device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention mainly provides an air conditioning display device that displays the direction, presence or absence of wind, and its temperature pictorially on a display board in conjunction with the operating device of an automotive air conditioner, allowing the operator to judge the situation at a glance. This is related to.

In conventional air conditioners, the operation indication is simply the lighting of the pilot lamp or the letters (VE) on the operation panel.
(abbreviations such as NT and OFF).

However, according to these displays, the presence or absence of wind at the outlet and the temperature of the outlet were unclear from the operating unit at hand.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned abbreviations make it difficult for the user to determine from which part the wind is blowing, and for this reason, conventional instruction manuals have had many pages detailing how to use them.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a main body of an air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising at least a plurality of air intake ducts, a plurality of blowout ducts, a plurality of dampers for opening and closing each of the ducts, and a fan device. At least an air conditioning operating device for operating each damper and fan device, and a display board showing a perspective view of structures around the front seats of the vehicle, such as a windshield, an instrument panel, and a console box; Summary of an air conditioning display device for a vehicle, characterized in that it has a display device that displays the inflow and outflow of air at a corresponding position on the display board in accordance with the inflow and outflow of air into the nitrogen conditioning device body caused by the operation of an operating device. That is.

Therefore, the display board shows a perspective view of the structure around the front seats of the vehicle, and each air outlet from the air conditioner body is clearly indicated in three dimensions, so the occupants of the vehicle can
The position and direction of air blowing from the air conditioner body can be reliably and easily read.

The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to Examples.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, an air conditioner main body 1 for an automobile has an air duct 2, a fan device 3, and a heater core 4 as shown in FIGS. One end branches into two to form an outside air intake duct 21 and a vehicle interior air intake duct 22, and the other end also branches into two.
It branches into a defroster blow-off duct 23 and blow-off ducts 24 and 25 to the feet of the front and rear seats, and furthermore, in the middle part of the air duct 2, there is a VENT blow-off duct that opens toward the upper body of the front seat occupant. It has a duct 26.

Side demister blow-off ducts 231 are branched from the defroster blow-off duct 23, and these ducts are provided on the upper surface of both ends of the instrument panel and open toward the front in the direction of the advancing force of the door glass.

In addition, from the VENT blow-off duct 26, SIDEVEN
T-blowing ducts 261 are branched, and these ducts are provided at both ends of the instrument panel and open toward the upper body of the passenger in the front seat.

A first damper 27 is provided between the outside air intake duct 21 and the vehicle interior air intake duct 22, and a second damper 27 is provided between the defroster outlet duct 23 and the foot outlet ducts 24 and 25. 28 is further connected to air duct 2 and VE.
A third damper 29 is provided between the NT blowing duct 26 and the NT blowing duct 26 .

The fan device 3 is provided in the air duct 2 between the first damper 27 and the third damper 29, the heater core 4 is provided in the air duct 2 between the third damper 29 and the second damper 28, and engine cooling water is supplied. has been done.

The valve 40 is for adjusting the amount of cooling water supplied to the heater core 4.

In addition, 21' is an outside air intake port of the outside air intake duct 21, and 22' is an outside air intake port of the outside air intake duct 21.
' is the air intake port of the vehicle interior air intake duct 22, 23' is the air outlet provided in the defroster air intake duct 23, and 24'
25 is an air outlet provided in the air outlet duct 24 at the foot of the front seat.
' is an air outlet provided in the footwell air duct 25 of the rear seat, 2
6' is an air outlet provided in the VENT air outlet duct 26;
31' is an air outlet provided in the side demister air outlet duct 231, and 261' is an air outlet provided in the SIDEVENT air outlet duct 261.
This is an air outlet installed in the

The evaporator 7 of the cooler is provided in the vehicle interior air intake duct 22.

The air conditioning operating device 5 is provided on an instrument panel of an automobile, and includes a switching lever 51, a HEATER lever 52, a fan switch 53, an inside/outside air lever 57, and a cooler switch 58.

The switching lever 51 connects the second and third dampers 28 via cables 54.
, 29, and move the same lever 51 to the "DEF" position A.
When the second damper 28 is
is closed, the defroster outlet duct 23 and the side demister outlet duct 231 are opened, and the third damper 29 is
Outlet duct 26 and SIDE VENT outlet duct 2
61 is closed and set to intermediate position B between "DEF" and "HEAT", the third damper 29 maintains the state of "DEF" position A, and the second damper 28 becomes a neutral state as shown in FIG. , defroster air duct 23, side misister air duct 231, and foot air duct 24. 25 each half open.

Furthermore, when the switching lever 51 is set to the [HEAT] position C, the third damper 29 still closes the VENT blow-off duct 26 and the SIDE VENT blow-off duct 261, the second damper 28 closes the froster blow-off duct 23 and the side mister blow-off duct 231, When the foot blow-off ducts 24 and 25 are opened and set to the intermediate position D between "HEAT" and "VENT", the second damper 28 maintains the same state as in the "HEAT" position C, and the third damper 29 moves to the second As shown in the figure, the VENT outlet duct 26 becomes neutral,
SIDE VENT outlet duct 261 and foot outlet duct l
-24. Air can flow to 25, "VENT"
When the switching lever 51 is moved to position E, the third damper 2
9 closes the air duct 2 and opens the VENT blow-off duct 26 and the SIDEVENT blow-off duct 261.

In addition, the air outlet 2 of the SIDE VENT air outlet duct 261
61' is provided with an on-off valve that is directly operated by the occupant via a knob 262, so the air outlet 261' is only opened when the switching lever 51 is in the D or E position and the on-off valve is open. Air blows out from.

The HEATER lever 52 is connected to the valve 40 by a cable 56, and when the HEATER lever 52 is in the OFF position at the left end in FIG.
0, the opening degree of the valve 40 increases as it moves from the same position to the right in FIG. 3, and when it reaches the rightmost position labeled HOT, the valve 40 is fully opened.

Fan switch 53 is set to "OFF", "Lo", "M"
, "H" selection position.

The internal/external air lever 57 is connected to the first damper 27 via the cable 55, and when the lever is placed in the "RECIRC" position,
The first damper 27 closes the outside air intake duct 21 and opens the vehicle interior air intake duct 22. When the first damper 27 closes the outside air intake duct 21 and opens the vehicle interior air intake duct 22, and sets it to the "FREsH" position, the first damper 27 opens the exterior air intake duct 21, contrary to the above, and opens the vehicle interior air intake duct 22. This closes the air intake duct 22.

When the cooler switch 58 is in the "OFF" position, no refrigerant is supplied to the evaporator 7. When the cooler switch 58 is turned from the "OFF" position clockwise in FIG. The above-mentioned feeding amount is controlled.

The air conditioning display device 6 includes a display section 61 and a control section 62.

The display section 61 is provided on the instrument panel adjacent to the air conditioning operating device 5, and as shown in FIG. , a transparent plate 613 provided on the back side of the smoke film 612, and a lamp section 64 provided on the back side of the transparent plate 613.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the display board 611 is a transparent glass or acrylic plate whose periphery is fixed to a partition plate 614 and a casing 615, and the back side of the display board 611 is a transparent glass or acrylic plate fixed to a partition plate 614 and a casing 615. A picture 611' of a perspective view of the vicinity of the front seat of the vehicle is drawn by printing or handwriting in an easily visible color such as white.

Smoke film 6 placed in contact with this picture 611'
A frosted portion 612' is formed on the back surface of the sheet 12 by spraying, for example, a transparent lacquer and drying it.

The transparent plate 613 is made of a transparent film, and on one side facing the smoke film 612, a pattern mask 613 is patterned to represent the inflow and outflow of air into the air conditioner main body 1, as shown in FIG. ' is printed, and a frosted area 613'' is formed on the other side by spraying and drying a transparent lacquer.

The pattern mask 613' is 616 to 623.
A pictorial representation indicated by a symbol , which has undergone design processing, is printed on a transparent plate 613 using opaque ink such as black.

That is, the parts of the pictorial displays 616 to 623 are not printed and remain as the transparent plate 613, and the other parts are printed, and the printed parts become opaque with ink. The light passes through the pictorial displays 616 to 623 of the pattern mask 613' and reaches the smoke film 612.

Next, the above pictorial displays 616 to 623 will be explained.
Reference numeral 616 is a FRESH display, which is a pictorial display that allows you to visually identify that air is flowing into the air conditioner main body 1 from the outside air intake port 21'.

617 is the RECIRC display, and the cabin air intake 22'
The pictorial representation shows that air flows into the air conditioner body 1 from the air conditioner body 1.

Also, 618 is a DFF display, which graphically indicates that air is blown out from the defroster outlet 23', and a HEAT display 619.
and HEAT/R display 620 are pictorial displays showing that air is blown out from the front seat footwell outlet 24' and the rear seat footwell outlet 25', respectively, and the VENT display 6
21 is also the same as HEAT display 619 VENT outlet 2
This is a pictorial representation of the air flowing out from 6'.

Furthermore, 622 is a SIDE DEM display, which is a pictorial representation of air being blown out from the side demister outlet 231' in the direction of the advancing force of the door glass.
623 indicates SIDE VEN, SIDE VEN
This is a pictorial representation of air flowing out from the T air outlet 261' toward the upper body of the passenger in the front seat.

The internal partition plate 614' is provided on the back side of the transparent plate 613,
In conjunction with the partition plate 614, each of the above displays 616 to 62
The space on the right side of Figure 5 of 3 is partitioned so that they are not continuous with each other.

The space on the right side of FIG. 5 of the FRESH display 616, that is, the fourth
In the figure, a blue first lamp 641 is provided in the space behind the FRESH display 616.

A blue third lamp 643 is provided in the space behind the RECIRC display 617, a red eighth lamp 648 and a blue ninth lamp 649 are provided in the space behind the DEF display 618, and a space behind the HEAT display 619 is provided with a red eighth lamp 648 and a blue ninth lamp 649. , a red fourth lamp 644 and a blue fifth lamp 645 are installed.
A red sixth lamp 646 and a blue seventh lamp 647 are provided in the space behind the EAT/R display 620.

A blue second lamp 642 is provided in the space behind the VENT display 621.

Further, a red 10th lamp 650 and a blue 11th lamp 651 are provided in the back space of the SIDEDEM display 622, and a blue 12th lamp 652 is provided in the space behind the SIDE VENT display 623.

Each of the red lamps described above is a colorless lamp covered with a red cap, and each of the blue lamps described above is a colorless lamp covered with a blue cap.

Further, 653 is an illumination lamp.

As shown in FIG. 10, the control section 62 includes a switch section 63 provided on the air conditioning operating device 5 and a lamp section 64 provided on the back surface of the display board 611.

The switch section 63 includes first to third brushes 632, 633, 6
34, electrode plate 636, fan switch 53, HEATE
It has a HEATER switch 630, an inside/outside air switch 570, and a cooler switch 58, which are provided so as to come into contact with the R lever 52.

As shown in FIG. 9, the conductive first to third brushes 632 to 634 are provided in parallel to each other in the circumferential force direction on the upper surface of the switching lever 51 rotatably provided on the air conditioning operating device 5. .

As shown in FIG. 9, the electrode plate 636 is formed in an arc shape so as to come into contact with the first to third brushes 632 to 634.

That is, the electrode plate 636 is formed in a stepped shape toward the circumferential force and the external force as shown in FIG. When the brush 632 comes into contact and the lever 51 moves to position B, the first brush 632 and the second brush 633 come into contact.

When the lever 51 moves to position C, only the second brush 633 contacts, and when the switching lever 51 moves to position D, the second brush 633 and the third brush 6 contact each other.
34 are in contact with each other.

Furthermore, when the switching lever 51 moves to position E "VENT", only the third brush 634 comes into contact with the electrode plate 636.

Note that the first to third brushes 632 to 634 and the electrode plate 636 are schematically illustrated in FIG. 10 showing the control section 62 for ease of explanation.

HEATER switch 630 is connected to ground and HE
When the ATER lever 52 is in a position other than the OFF position, it contacts the a contact, and when the lever 52 is in the OFF position, it contacts the b contact.

The inside/outside air switch 570 is switched according to the movement of the inside/outside air lever 57, and is connected to the a contact point when the inside/outside air lever 57 is in the "RECIRC" position.
It connects to the b contact when it is in the "FRESH" position.

Fan Anti-Itschi 53 is "Lo", "M". "H"
The air volume of fan 3 is controlled in three stages, and "Lo",
It is connected to supply power to the electrode plate 636 and the inside/outside air switch 570 when in the "M" and "H" positions.

The lamp section 64 includes the first to twelfth lamps 641 to 6 described above.
52, an illumination lamp 653, a cooler relay 580, and a switch 654 that operates in conjunction with the on-off valve of the air outlet 261'.

The first lamp 641 has one end connected to the b contact of the inside/outside air switch 570 and the other end connected to ground.
42 is connected at one end to the third brush 634 and at the other end to ground.

The third lamp 643 has one end connected to the a contact point of the inside/outside air switch 570, and the other end connected to ground.

The fourth lamp 644 has one end connected to the second brush 633 and the other end connected to the contact of the cooler relay 580 via the diode D9.The fifth lamp 645 has one end connected to the second brush 633 and the other end connected to the contact point of the cooler relay 580. H via diode D10
It is connected to the b contact of the EATER switch 630.

The sixth lamp 646 is connected in parallel to the fourth lamp 644, and the seventh lamp 647 is connected in parallel to the fifth lamp 645.

The eighth lamp 648 has one end connected to the first brush 632 and the other end connected to the cooler relay 580 via a diode D11.
The ninth lamp 649 has one end connected to the first brush 632 and the other end connected to the b contact of the HEATER switch 630 via a diode D12.

The tenth lamp 650 is connected in parallel to the eighth lamp 648, the eleventh lamp 651 is connected in parallel to the ninth lamp 649, and the twelfth lamp 652 is connected in parallel to the second lamp 642 via a switch 654. ing.

The other power contact of the cooler relay 580 is connected to the a contact of the HEATER switch 630, and the coil 581 of the relay 580 has one end connected to the cooler switch 58 and the other end grounded.

The lighting lamp 653 has one end connected to a lighting switch L/S for turning on and off the headlights, interior lights, etc. of a car, and the other end is grounded.

Note that the cooler switch 58 switches the inside/outside air lever 57 to REC.
It is structured so that it cannot be turned on unless it is set to IRC.

Also, the cooler relay 580 is set when the cooler switch 58 is OFF.
The switch 654 is closed when the air conditioner is F, and is opened when the cooler switch is ON. It turns OFF when it is closed.

The operation will be explained below based on the above structure.

First, when the fan switch 53 is OFF, power is not supplied to the first to twelfth lamps 641 to 652.
No display is performed.

However, when the lighting switch LS is turned on, only the illumination lamp 653 is lit.

Next, the fan switch 53 is set to "Lo", "M", and "H".
, the switching lever 51 is set to the "DEF" position A, the HEATER lever 52 is set to "OFF", the inside/outside air lever 57 is set to the "REC1RC" position, and the cooler switch 58 is turned OFF.

Then, the first brush 632 comes into contact with the electrode plate 636, and since the HEATER switch 630 is connected to the b contact, the power supplied from the fan switch 53 is transferred to the electrode plate 636, the first brush 632, the ninth lamp 649, and the HEATER switch 630. HEATER switch 630 through the 11th lamp 651
The current flows through the B contact of the terminal and reaches the ground.

Therefore, the ninth lamp 649 and the eleventh lamp 65
1 emits blue light, and each of these lights is transmitted through a transparent plate 613.
DEF display 618 and SIDE DEM display 622
further passes through a smoke film 612 and a display board 611, and displays the above-mentioned DEF display 618 and SIDE DEM.
The display 622 glowing blue is visible to the passenger.

Also, since the inside/outside air switch 570 is connected to the a contact point, the third lamp 643 lights up and emits blue light, which passes through the RECIRC display 617 and further passes through the smoke film 612 and the display board 611, so the above-mentioned RECIR
This makes the C display 617 glow blue.

Note that it operates in the same way even if the cooler switch 58 is turned on.

Here, move the inside/outside air lever 57 from "RECIRC" to "F".
RESH” position, the inside/outside air switch 570
contacts the b contact, the third lamp 643 goes out, the first lamp 641 turns on, and the FRESH indicator 616 lights up in blue.

Also, set the inside/outside air lever 57 to [REcIRC] or
Turn off the HEATER lever 52 at the “RESH” position.
When the HEATER switch 630 is moved to the right in FIG. 3 from the F position toward the HOT position, the HEATER switch 630 comes into contact with the a contact, and the ninth lamp 649 and the eleventh lamp 651 are turned off.

At this point, since the cooler switch 58 is OFF, the relay 5
80 is closed, the 8th lamp 648 and the 10th lamp 650 are lit, respectively, and send red light to the display board through the DEF display 618 and the SIDE DEM display 622.
The display 622 is made to glow red.

At this time, the RECIRC display 617 or FRES
H display 616 is shining blue.

Furthermore, when the inside/outside air lever 57 is set to the "RECIRC" position, the HEATER lever 52 is set to the ON position, and the cooler switch 58 is turned ON, the cooler relay 580 is opened, and the 8th lamp 648 and the 10th lamp 650 are turned off. It is something to do.

Table 1 shows the displays that light up when the switching lever 51 is moved to positions A, B, C, D, and E and the HEATER lever 52 and cooler switch 58 are operated at that time.

In addition, FRESH display 616 and RECIRC display 617
This is a display that lights up and displays only according to the operating position of the inside/outside air lever 57.

Therefore, in the above embodiment, the passenger can use the display board 611
Just by looking at the figure, it is easy to determine how living air flows into and out of the air conditioner main body 1 and whether the outgoing air is warm or cold.

Furthermore, the display on the display board 611 shows the airflow in the form of a band with an arrow at the tip, so visibility is extremely good.

In addition, each display 616 to 623 is a smoke film 612
Since it is formed on a transparent plate 613 provided on the back side of the lamp, it is not visible to the passenger when the lamp is not lit, and only the display with the lamp lit is visible, so visibility is good.

Furthermore, since the display board 611 is provided adjacent to the air conditioning operating device 5, when operating the operating device 5, the display board 611
can be easily seen.

In addition, since a frosted portion 613'' was formed on the other side of the transparent plate 613, that is, on the lamp portion side, each lamp 641~
The light emitted from 652 is scattered on the uneven surface of the frosted portion 613'', and almost uniformly illuminates almost the entire surface of the transparent plate 613, and each of the elongated picture displays 616 to 623
It illuminates almost uniformly over almost its entire length.

Furthermore, the frost processing section 6 also applies to the smoke film 612.
12', the light forming the pictorial displays 616 to 623 is further scattered onto the smoke film 612, so that the luminance of the elongated pictorial displays 616 to 623 in the longitudinal direction can be averaged. It is.

Further, in this embodiment, a pattern mask 6 is provided on the transparent plate 613.
A pattern having a pictorial display can be easily formed by simply printing 13', but instead of printing, a thin plate-like shielding film with the pictorial display cut off in advance may be attached to a transparent plate. good.

Further, instead of providing the display section 61 of the display device adjacent to the air conditioning operating device 5, it can be provided on an instrument panel, a console box, the ceiling, the back of the seat back of the front seat, a door, etc.

In FIG. 10 of the above embodiment, if the electrode plate 636 and the inside/outside air switch 570 are connected to the IG terminal of the ignition key switch instead of the fan switch 53, the first to twelfth lamps 641 to 652 will be displayed when the ignition key switch is in the IG position. It lights up when the display is 6.
The light emission modes 16 to 623 are in accordance with Table 1.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner showing an embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a sectional view schematically showing the main parts of the air conditioner main body according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the air conditioner operating device and the display section of the air conditioner display device in FIG. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the display section, Fig. 5 is a cross section taken along the arrow ■-■ in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a front view of the display section, and Fig. 7 is the main part at the arrow ■ section in Fig. 5. An enlarged cross-sectional view, Figure 8 is a front view of the pattern mask, Figure 9 is a front view of the pattern mask.
This figure is an enlarged plan view of the nitrous conditioning operating device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram showing the control section of the air conditioning display device. 1...Air conditioner body, 2...Air duct, 21...Outside air intake duct, 22...
・Interior air intake duct, 23...Defrotas outlet duct, 231...Side demister outlet duct, 24, 25...Foot outlet duct, 26...
・・・・・・VENT Air duct, 261・・・・・・
SIDE VENT blowout duct, 262...knob, 27...first damper, 28...second damper, 29...third damper, 3... ...
・Fan device, 4...Kaichi Takoa, 5...
・Air conditioning operating device, 51...Switching lever, 52.
... HEATER lever, 53 ... Fan switch, 57 ... Inside and outside air lever, 58 ...
... Cooler switch, 6 ... Air conditioning display device, 61 ... Display section, 611 ... Display board, 62 ... Control section, 63. ...Switch part, 64...Lamp part, 570...Inside/outside air switch, 630...HEATER switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An air conditioner main body for a vehicle that includes at least a plurality of air intake ducts, a plurality of blowout ducts, a plurality of dampers that open and close each of the ducts, and a fan device, and an air conditioning operating device that operates at least each of the dampers and the fan device. , and a display board with a picture of a perspective view of structures surrounding the front seat of the vehicle such as the windshield, instrument panel, console box, etc.
An air conditioning display device for a vehicle, comprising a display device that displays the inflow and outflow of air at a corresponding position on the display board in accordance with the inflow and outflow of air into the air conditioner main body caused by the operation of the air conditioning operating device.