KR101415150B1 - Combination type controller of air conditioning system for automotive vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air conditioner controller for a vehicle air conditioner, and aims to provide convenience of operation by allowing temperature, mode, and air amount to be adjusted by one control lever.

To this end, the present invention provides an air conditioner controller for a vehicle air conditioner, comprising: a control button provided on a control panel for selecting a defroster button, an air conditioner button, and an inside / outside button; A state display unit configured to display an adjustment state of a temperature, a mode, and an air volume by lighting the light emitting member by operation of the control button; And an adjustment lever provided at the center of the state display unit so as to adjust the temperature, the mode, and the air flow rate.

According to the present invention, since the temperature, the mode, and the air flow rate can be adjusted by one control lever, the convenience of operation can be improved and the cost can be reduced by reducing the number of parts.

Joystick, integrated switch, air conditioner, display lamp, LED

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated air-

1 is a perspective view showing an air conditioning controller of an air conditioning apparatus according to the related art.

2 is an enlarged view of the air conditioning controller of Fig. 1; Fig.

3 is a perspective view showing an integrated air conditioning controller for an air conditioner of a vehicle according to the present invention.

4 is a plan view showing an integrated air conditioning controller for an air conditioner of a vehicle according to the present invention.

5 is a view showing a control configuration of an integrated air conditioning controller for an air conditioner of a vehicle according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of the adjustment lever in Fig. 3; Fig.

Description of the Related Art

2: Integrated Air-conditioning Controller

4: Defroster Button

6: Air conditioner button

8,10: Inner, outside button

12: Control Panel

14: Control Button

16:

18: Status display

20: Adjustment lever

22: Identification line

24: Temperature selection indicator

32: Multi-Key Pad

36: Direction switching lever

38: Multi-key

40: air conditioning control device

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioning system, and more particularly, to an integrated air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioning system, To an integrated air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioning system.

Generally, a vehicle air conditioner blows air into an air conditioner case through a blower, exchanges heat with a heat exchanging medium passing through an evaporator and a heater core, and then blows air into a vehicle room to control cooling and heating.

In order to control the vehicle air conditioning system, an air conditioning controller for the vehicle air conditioning system is installed in an instrument panel or a roof panel of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle interior 100 provided with the air conditioner includes an instrument panel 310 provided on the front of the driver; A steering wheel 600; A dash board 300 including an instrument panel 200 including an audio device (not shown), a face vent B and a controller 210 and the like to adjust the opening and closing of doors and windows of a vehicle A door 400 is provided.

The inside of the vehicle 100 is provided with a defrost vent (not shown) that blows air A to the front window of the vehicle to prevent dew formation due to a temperature difference between the inside and the outside of the vehicle, A face vent B for providing cool or warm air to the room, and a floor vent (not shown) for blowing air C toward the leg of a passenger. Accordingly, cool air or warm air is supplied to the vehicle through the defrost vent (not shown), the face vent (B), and the floor vent (not shown) to provide a comfortable indoor environment to the passenger.

1 and 2, the controller 210 for a vehicle air conditioner includes a control panel 211; An air conditioner button 215c mounted on the lower end of the control panel 211 to control the air conditioner on and off, an air conditioner circulation button 215a for circulating the air in the inside of the vehicle 100, A control button 215 having an outside air blowing button 215b for blowing outside air; A mode knob 214 provided in the control panel 211 to adjust the direction of wind blown through the mode door; A blower knob 212 adapted to adjust the speed of the blower wheel; A temperature control knob 213 for setting the indoor temperature, and the like.

When the passenger turns on the ignition switch and selects the mode selection knob 214 in the conventional controller 210 according to the related art, the heat exchanged air from the heater or the evaporator enters the mode knob 214, The air is forcedly conveyed in the form of cool air or warm air through the defrost vent (A) / face vent (B) / floor vent (C) according to the selected state of the air conditioner do.

However, the conventional controller for the air conditioner is composed of a plurality of knobs and buttons, and the passenger has to perform several steps in order to drive the air conditioner. Particularly, when the driver operates the air conditioner during operation, there is a problem that the risk of a safety accident increases because the concentration of the operation is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle air conditioner which improves the convenience of operation by allowing the air conditioner to adjust temperature, And to provide an integrated air-conditioning controller.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an integrated air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioner that can reduce the number of components by integrating the control means such as temperature, mode, air amount, etc. into one control lever of the air conditioner controller.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an integrated air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioner capable of quickly and easily adjusting temperature, mode, and air amount by forming a control lever of an air conditioning controller into a joystick type.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner controller for a vehicle air conditioner, comprising: a control button provided on a control panel of the air conditioner controller so as to select a defroster button, an air conditioner button, A state display unit configured to display an adjustment state of a temperature, a mode, and an air volume by operation of the control button by lighting the light emitting member; And an adjustment lever provided at the center of the state display unit so as to adjust the temperature, the mode, and the air flow rate.

The state display unit includes a radial identification line formed in the control panel on which the control lever is installed, the radial identification line being formed so that the radial direction adjustment and the circumferential direction selection confirmation are visually facilitated; A plurality of light emitting members provided at the intersections of the identification lines so that the air flow rate adjusted in the radial direction from the center where the adjustment lever is installed and the mode selected in the circumferential direction are displayed; And a temperature selection display unit arranged on both sides of the identification line so as to confirm the temperature selection.

The control lever includes a handle provided on the control panel as a base, a multi-key pad assembled with a circular fixing protrusion in a base bottom surface insertion groove of the handle, and a control lever mounted on the bottom surface insertion groove of the multi- And a multi-key.

The control lever is set to be switched to the automatic air-conditioning mode when it is firstly pressed vertically in the automatic control area, and to be switched to the manual mode when the automatic air-conditioning mode is canceled when it is pressed secondarily.

The identification line is characterized in that the diametrical direction line in which the air flow rate selection is displayed and the circumferential directional lines indicating the mode selection are arranged so as to intersect with each other.

The light emitting member is provided so as to emit light with an electric signal of the air conditioning control device at a position where the radial line and the circumferential line cross each other.

The light emitting member is characterized in that the light emitting member is any one of an LED illuminated by an electric signal, an optical fiber, and a light bulb.

The temperature selection display section displays on the upper and lower ends so that the temperature selection direction can be seen, and a display section indicating cooling / heating is displayed on both sides of the display section indicating the magnitude of the temperature and the display section indicating the magnitude of the temperature Is formed.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is a plan view showing an integrated air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioner according to the present invention, and Fig. 5 is a plan view showing an air conditioner controller for a vehicle air conditioner according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a view showing a control arrangement of the integrated air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioning system, and FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the adjustment lever in FIG.

According to the present invention, the integrated air-conditioning controller 2 for a vehicle air conditioner selects the defroster button 6, the air conditioner button 4, the inside and outside air button 8, 10 A control button (14) provided on the control panel (12) so as to be able to be operated; A status display unit 18 configured to check the temperature, the mode, and the air flow rate controlled by the operation of the control button 14 by lighting the light emitting member 16; And a control lever 20 installed at the center of the status display unit 18 to adjust the temperature, mode, and air volume.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the status display unit 18 includes a control lever 20 provided to adjust temperature, mode, and air volume; A radial identification line 22 formed on the control panel 12 on which the control lever 20 is installed, the radial identification line 22 being formed so that the radial direction adjustment and the circumferential direction selection confirmation are visually facilitated; A plurality of light emitting members 16 provided at the intersections of the identification lines 22 so as to display the air volume adjusted in the radial direction and the mode selected in the circumferential direction from the center where the adjustment lever 20 is installed; And a temperature selection display part (24) disposed on both sides of the identification line (22) so as to be able to confirm the temperature selection.

5 and 6, the control lever 20 includes a handle 26 provided on the control panel 12 as a base 28 and a handle 26 provided on the bottom surface of the base 28 of the handle 26, A multi-key pad 32 that is assembled with a circular fixing protrusion on the bottom surface insertion groove 30 of the multi-key pad 32, and a multi-key 38 that is assembled with the direction switching lever 36 to the bottom surface insertion groove 34 of the multi- .

The multi-key 38 is electrically connected to the air conditioning control device 40 for controlling the lighting of the light-emitting member 16. Accordingly, the air conditioning control device 40 senses an electric signal according to the operation of the multi-key 38 and determines the position thereof to organically control all the doors, the heater, the evaporator, and the like.

The one direction switching lever 36 is disposed in the upper left and right directions or the diagonal direction, the upper left direction, the upper right direction, the lower left direction, (Lower right) direction or the like.

The directional control lever 36 is provided so as to be turned on when the control lever 20 is pressed vertically for the first time and turned off when the control lever 20 is pressed for the second time so that execution of the automatic air conditioning mode . And the direction switching lever 36 is always positioned at the center by the elastic return force.

Since the multi-key 38 is capable of inputting a direction and is currently in general use, a detailed description of its internal structure and operation will be omitted.

It is preferable that the control lever 20 is formed of a soft rubber having a high friction coefficient or silicon or plastic to prevent slippage during operation.

The control lever 20 is basically switched to the automatic air-conditioning mode (FATC) when it is firstly pressed vertically in the automatic control area A, and is set to the manual mode when the automatic air- .

After the mode selection, the air conditioning control device 40 determines the direction signal of the multi-key 38 linked by the control lever 20 and then turns on the light emitting member 16 at the corresponding position, Mode, and air volume.

The air conditioning control device 40 controls the light emitting member 16 in the direction in which the control lever 20 is moved each time it is operated so as to display the selected number of stages. In this air conditioner control device 40, information necessary for adjustment of temperature, mode, and air volume is input in advance so as to be controlled in association with the light-emitting member 16 which is turned on.

The identification line 22 is formed by intersecting radial lines 22-1 in which air volume selection is displayed and circumferential lines 22-2 indicating mode selection.

The identification line 22 includes an automatic control area A in which a control lever 20 is automatically controlled and a blower OFF control area B in a circumferential line, . The identification line 22 may display the colors differently to facilitate identification.

The light emitting member 16 is provided at a position where the radial line 22-1 and the circumferential line 22-2 cross each other and is emitted by an electric signal of the air conditioning control device 40. [ In addition, the light emitting member 16 displays the current position of the control lever 20 on the control panel 12.

The light emitting member 16 may be any one of an LED illuminated by an electric signal, an optical fiber, and a light bulb.

The temperature selection display unit 24 is provided on both sides of the identification line so that the driver can know the temperature selection direction and displays a large or small character at the upper and lower ends to display the temperature, Cool " and " Hot " characters are displayed on both sides corresponding to between the small letters to display a display unit indicating cooling / heating.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention as described above will be described.

The adjustment lever 20 according to the present invention can freely select the radial direction line 22-1 in which the air flow rate is indicated, so that the operation is convenient. Therefore, the driver can easily grasp the operation state by looking at the position of the light emitting member 16 that is turned on.

The air conditioner controller of the present invention is controlled by the air conditioner controller 40 that senses the electric signal of the multi-key 38 installed to be interlocked with the control lever 20. That is, since the lighting of the light emitting member 16 is shifted every time a contact signal of the multi-key 38 is received, it is easy to confirm the operating state.

In the case of the air conditioner operation, when the driver pushes the air conditioner button 4 and then the control lever 20 in the automatic control area A is firstly pressed vertically, the air conditioner controller 40 sets the automatic air conditioner mode FATC .

Further, when the second-order control lever 20 is pressed in the automatic air-conditioning mode (FATC), the automatic air-conditioning mode (FATC) is released and the mode is switched to the manual mode.

The operation of the control lever 20 in the manual mode will be described as an example.

The control lever 20 is operated and positioned in the direction of the arrow C in the radial direction line 22-1 indicating the B / L (bi-level) mode. At the same time, the light emitting member 16 is turned on, and the driver confirms the adjustment position.

When selected by the control lever 20 as described above, the air conditioning control device 40 operates according to the information input at the selected position. That is, it operates in the B / L (bi-level) mode with an example.

The above B / L (bi-level) mode is selected only after passing through the automatic control area A and the blow-off (OFF) control area B. Since the control lever 20 is an operation for air-conditioner operation, the temperature-selection display unit 24 displayed on both outer sides of the identification line 22 is moved in the direction of Cool out of the display unit for cooling / heating.

Accordingly, when the adjustment lever 20 is finally adjusted to be positioned between the display portions indicating the magnitude of the temperature indicated by the large and small letters of the temperature selection display portion 24, the air cooler is supplied at a moderate intensity.

In order to move the adjustment lever 20 from the B / L (bi-level) mode to the vent mode, the vent mode can be selected by moving the circumferential line 22-2 indicated by the arrow D. At this time, the air conditioner control device 40 controls the newly selected vent mode and lights up the light emitting member 16 at that position so that the driver can confirm it.

As described above, the adjustment selection of the B / L (bi-level) mode and the VENT mode and the stepwise adjustment thereof are simply controlled by the single adjustment lever 20 through the operation of the adjustment lever 20.

VIX mode, B / L (bi-level) mode, and so on along the path indicated by the identification line 22 as well as the adjustment of the automatic air conditioning mode (FATC) by using one joystick type control lever 20. [ FLOOR mode can be freely adjusted.

The temperature, the mode, the air volume, and the like can be freely adjusted by pressing one of the defroster button 4 and the inner / outer air button 8, 10 of the control button 14 and adjusting the control lever 20. [ A detailed description thereof will be omitted.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. There will be. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the integrated air conditioner controller for a vehicle air conditioner according to the present invention, it is possible to adjust the air amount, the temperature, the mode, and the like without having to perform unnecessary operations at various stages with one adjustment lever provided at the center of the air conditioner controller There is a convenient effect.

Further, there is an effect that it is possible to easily confirm the adjustment state of the adjustment lever by turning on the light-emitting member provided on the identification line.

In addition, since only one control lever is installed on the control panel of the air conditioner controller, the appearance is clean and the number of parts is reduced, thereby reducing manufacturing cost.

Claims (6)

An air conditioning controller for a vehicle air conditioning system, A control button 14 provided on the control panel 12 so as to select the defroster button 6, the air conditioner button 4 and the inside and outside air buttons 8 and 10; A state display unit 18 configured to display a temperature, a mode, and an airflow control state by operating the control button 14 by lighting the light emitting member 16; And a control lever (20) installed at the center of the state display unit (18) so as to adjust temperature, mode, and air volume, The status display unit 18 includes a radial identification line 22 formed on the control panel 12 on which the control lever 20 is provided, the radial identification line 22 being formed to facilitate the radial direction and circumferential direction selection visually; A plurality of light emitting members 16 provided at the intersections of the identification lines 22 so as to display the air volume adjusted in the radial direction and the mode selected in the circumferential direction from the center where the adjustment lever 20 is installed; On both sides of the identification line 22, a display portion indicating the magnitude of the temperature is displayed on the upper and lower ends so as to confirm the temperature selection, and a display portion indicating cooling / heating on both sides between the display portions indicating the magnitude of the temperature is displayed And a temperature selection and display unit (24) for controlling the temperature of the vehicle. delete The method according to claim 1, The control lever 20 includes a handle 26 mounted on the base 28 on the control panel 12 and a circular fixing protrusion on the bottom surface insertion groove 30 of the base 28 of the handle 26 And a multi-key pad (32) mounted on the bottom surface insertion groove (34) of the multi-key pad (32) Air conditioning controller. The method according to claim 1, Characterized in that the control lever (20) is set to be switched to the automatic air-conditioning mode when it is first pressed vertically in the automatic control area (A) Integrated air conditioning controller. The method according to claim 1, Characterized in that the identification line (22) is arranged in such a manner that a radial direction line (22-1) in which the air volume selection is displayed and a circumferential direction line (22-2) controller. 6. The method of claim 5, The light emitting member 16 is installed at a position where the radial line 22-1 and the circumferential line 22-2 intersect and is emitted as an electric signal of the air conditioning control device 40 Integrated air conditioning controller for vehicle air conditioning system.

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