JPS5814323B2 - 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.
This was done using 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 distinguish 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 of the dampers and the fan device, and a display board showing a perspective view of the air conditioning device main body and each duct provided in the air conditioning device main body, the air conditioning operating device 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 according to the inflow and outflow of air into the main body of the air conditioner caused by the operation of the air conditioner. It is.

Therefore, since the display board shows a perspective view of the air conditioner main body and the blow-off duct, and the blow-off duct is depicted in three dimensions, the occupants of the vehicle can see which of the many blow-off ducts the air is coming from by looking at the display board. It is easy to tell whether or not the information is leaking.

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 defrosk 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 passenger in the front seat. It has a duct 26.

A first damper 27 is provided between the outside air intake duct 21 and the vehicle interior air intake duct 22, and
Defroster outlet duct 23 and foot outlet ducts 24, 25
A second damper 28 is further provided between the air grip 2 and the V
A third damper 29 is provided between the ENT blowing duct 26 and the ENT 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 the engine cooling water is It is already supplied.

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 an air intake port of the vehicle interior air intake duct 22, 23' is an air outlet provided in the defroster outlet duct 23, and 24
′ is an air outlet provided in the footwell air duct 24 of the front seat;
5' is an air outlet provided in the footwell air duct 25 of the rear seat;
26' is an air outlet provided in the VENT air outlet 26.

The evaporative lake 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 blow-off duct 23 is opened, and the third damper 29 closes the VENT blow-off duct 26, and the third damper 29 is moved to the intermediate position B between "DEF" and "VENT". The second damper 28' is kept in the neutral state as shown in FIG. 2, and the defroster blow-off duct 23 and the foot blow-off ducts 24 and 25 are respectively half-opened.

Furthermore, when the switching lever 51 is set to the "EAT" position C, the third damper 29 still closes the VENT blow-off duct 26, the second damper 28 closes the defroster blow-off duct 23, opens the foot blow-off ducts 24 and 25, and "and"
When set to the intermediate position D between "VENT" and "HEAT", the second damper 28 maintains the same state as in position C of "HEAT", and the third damper 29 enters the neutral state as shown in FIG.
Air can flow through the blow-off duct 26 and the foot blow-off ducts 24 and 25, and the switching lever 51 is placed in the "VENT" position E.
When the third damper 29 moves, the third damper 29 closes the air duct 2 and opens the VENT blow-off duct 26.

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 is fully closed, the opening degree of the valve 40 is increased as it moves from the same position to the right in FIG. 3, and the valve 40 is fully opened when it reaches the rightmost position labeled HOT.

The fan switch 53 is set to "OFF", "LO", "M",
It has a selection position of "H".

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, and when it is set to the "FREsH" position, the first damper 27 opens the outside 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, and when the cooler switch 58 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 3 from the "OFF" position, the refrigerant is supplied to the evaporator 7, and the The supply amount is controlled.

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

The display section 61 is provided adjacent to the air conditioning operating device 5 on the instrument panel, 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 on the back side is a picture 611' of a perspective view of the vehicle's air conditioner body. is printed or handwritten 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 621.
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.

In other words, the parts of the pictorial displays 616 to 621 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 621 of the pattern mask 613 and reaches the smoke film 612.

Next, the above pictorial displays 616 to 621 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.

Further, 618 is a DEF display, which graphically indicates that air is blown out from the defroster outlet 23', and HEAT display 619 and HEAT/R display 620 are the front seat footwell outlet 24' and the rear seat footwell outlet 25, respectively. ``VENT display 621, a pictorial representation of air blowing out from
Similarly to the HEAT display 619, this is a pictorial representation of air flowing out from the VENT outlet 26'.

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 1 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.

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

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, 650 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 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, as shown in FIG. 9, the electrode plate 636 is formed in a step-like shape outward in the circumferential direction, and the electrode plate 636 has a step-like shape when the switching lever 51 is in the "DEF" position A in FIG. 1
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 the "HEAT" position C, only the second brush 633 comes into contact with the switching lever 51.
When the brush moves to position D, the second brush 633 and the third brush 634 come into 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 the inside/outside air lever 57 is set to "RECI".
Connect to the a contact when it is in the “RC” position, and
It connects to the b contact when it is in the "H" position.

The fan switch 53 controls the air volume of the fan 3 in three stages: "LO", "M", and "H".
When in the "H" position, the electrode plate 636 and the inside/outside air switch 5
70 to supply power.

The lamp section 64 includes the first to ninth lamps 641 to 64 described above.
9, an illumination lamp 650, and a cooler relay 580.

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 lamp 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 a contact point of the cooler relay 580 via a diode D9, and the fifth lamp 645 has one end connected to the second brush 633 and the other end. 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 to the fifth lamp 645 in parallel.

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 other 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 650 has one end connected to a lighting switch L/S for turning on/off the headlights, side 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.
It closes when the switch is F, and opens when the switch is on.

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 ninth lamps 641 to 649, so no display is performed.

However, when the lighting switches L and S are turned on, only the lighting lamp 650 lights up.

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 "RECIRC" 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.
36, through the first brush 632 and the ninth ramp 649
It flows to the b contact of the EATER switch 630 and reaches the ground.

Therefore, the ninth lamp 649 emits blue light, which passes through the DEF display 618 of the shielding plate 613, further passes through the smoke film 612 and the display plate 611', and passes through the DEF
The display 618 that glows 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 “F”.
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 is turned off.

At this point, since the cooler switch 58 is OFF, the relay 5
80 is closed, the eighth lamp 648 lights up and sends the red light to the display board through the DEF display 618, and the DEF display 618 is turned on.
Make the EF display 618 glow red.

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

Further, 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 eighth lamp 648 is turned off. .

Table 1 shows the display that lights 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 screen, it is easy to determine how air is flowing in and out of the air conditioner main body 1, and whether the outflowing 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 621 is a sumonic film 612.
Therefore, when the lamp is not lit, the passenger cannot see it, and only the indication that the lamp is lit is visible, resulting in good visibility.

Furthermore, since the display board 611 is placed adjacent to the air conditioning operating device 5, when operating the operating device 5, the display board 611
1 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~
649 is scattered on the uneven surface of the frosted portion 613'', and almost the entire area of the transparent plate 613 is almost evenly illuminated, and almost the entire length of each of the elongated pictorial displays 616 to 621 is illuminated almost uniformly. It is something that makes you shine.

Furthermore, the frost processing section 6 also applies to the smoke film 612.
12', the light forming the pictorial displays 616 to 621 is further scattered onto the smoke film 612, so that the luminance in the longitudinal direction of the elongated pictorial displays 616 to 621 can be averaged. be.

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 ninth
Lamps 641 to 649 light up when the ignition key switch is in the IG position, and display 616
The light emission modes of 621 to 621 are in accordance with Table 1.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

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 sectional view taken along the arrow ■-■ in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a front view of the display board, 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.
1 is an enlarged plan view of the air conditioning operating device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram showing a control section of the air conditioning display device. 1; Air conditioner main body, 2; Air duct, 21; Outside air intake duct, 22; Vehicle interior air intake duct, 23; Defroster outlet duct, 24, 25; Feet outlet duct, 26; VE
N punching duct, 27; first damper, 28; second damper,
29; third damper, 3; fan device, 4; heater core,
5; Air conditioning operating device, 51; Switching lever, 52; HEAT
ER lever, 53; fan switch, 57; inside/outside air lever, 58; cooler switch, 6; air conditioning display device, 61;
Display section, 611; Display board, 62; Fermentation section, 63; Switch section, 64; Lamp section, 570; Inside/outside air switch, 63
0; 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 the air conditioner main body and each duct provided in the air conditioner main body, and has a display board with a picture of a perspective view of the air conditioner main body and each duct provided in the air conditioner main body, and is designed to prevent air from flowing in and out of the air conditioner main body caused by the operation of the air conditioner operating device. An air conditioning display device for a vehicle, comprising a display device that displays the inflow and outflow at a corresponding position on the display board.