Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100257870 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - A vehicle air conditioner includes a heat storage unit having a heat storage medium, a first heat exchanger for heat exchange with air that is sent out of the vehicle, a second heat exchanger for heat exchange with air that is sent to the vehicle compartment, and a peltier device. The heat storage unit has a first inlet port and a first outlet port through which heat exchange medium flows in and out of the heat storage unit where heat is exchanged between the heat storage medium and the heat exchange medium. The peltier device is operable to provide one of positive heat and negative heat to the heat exchange medium flowing through the heat storage unit and also to provide the other of the positive heat and the negative heat directly or indirectly to the first heat exchanger. | 10-14-2010 |
20100281904 | DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A dehumidification system for a vehicle includes a duct and a desiccant dehumidifier. The duct includes inside and outside air inlets, an air passage, a flap, an air outlet communicating with the vehicle interior, a heat source and an outside air heat exchanger. The desiccant dehumidifier includes a desiccant rotor, a humidity conditioning air passage, a dehumidified air passage, a regeneration passage, a humidified air passage and a regeneration heater. The air from the heat source is introduced into the desiccant rotor through the humidity conditioning air passage and introduced to the air outlet through the dehumidified air passage. The air from the heat source is introduced into the desiccant rotor through the regeneration passage and flowed through the humidified air passage. The outside air heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger, an outside air passage, a heated outside air passage and a cooled humidified air passage. | 11-11-2010 |
20100293966 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER - A vehicle air conditioner includes a first heat exchanger, wherein air around the first heat exchanger is supplied into a vehicle compartment, a heat storage unit, an in-vehicle circuit that connects between the first heat exchanger and the heat storage unit, a second heat exchanger, wherein air around the second heat exchanger is sent outside a vehicle, a vehicle system, wherein the vehicle system generates exhaust heat, an out-vehicle circuit, a connection circuit that connects between the in-vehicle and the out-vehicle circuits, a plurality of valves operating so that the in-vehicle circuit and the out-vehicle circuit are connected or disconnected from each other through the connection circuit and a control device for controlling states of the valves. | 11-25-2010 |
20110079029 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner includes first and second air passages, first and desiccant devices, a system heat source, a heat supplier, a system heat source temperature sensor, an airflow controller and a controller. The first and second air passages are communicable with a space to be air conditioned. The first desiccant device disposing in the first air passage has a first desiccant material. The second desiccant device disposed in the second air passage has a second desiccant material whose temperature for regeneration is higher than the temperature for regeneration of the first desiccant material. The heat supplier supplies heat generated by the system heat source to the first desiccant device for regenerating the first desiccant material. The airflow controller regulates airflow in the first and second air passages. The controller controls the airflow controller based on the temperature of the system heat source detected by the system heat source temperature sensor. | 04-07-2011 |
20110100021 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner includes a heat storage unit having a heat storage medium, a first heat exchanger for heat exchange with air in a compartment, a second heat exchanger for heat exchange with outside air, and a peltier unit having a first and second heat exchange surfaces opposite to each other. The first heat exchange surface is thermally conductive to the heat storage unit, and the second heat exchange surface is thermally conductive to the first and second heat exchangers. In heat storage mode electric current flows through the peltier unit in one direction to provide heat transfer between the second heat exchanger and the heat storage unit. In air conditioning mode electric current flows through the peltier unit in the other direction to provide heat transfer between the first heat exchanger and the heat storage unit. | 05-05-2011 |
20120000501 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF ELEMENTS AND CONNECTION METHOD - A connection structure for elements includes a first plate having an electrode layer formed on one surface of the first plate, an element connected to the electrode layer at one surface of the element and a second plate connected to the other surface of the element. | 01-05-2012 |
20120057305 | SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT - The semiconductor unit includes a wiring board, a conductor layer and a fin. The wiring board has across a thickness thereof a first surface and a second surface. The conductor layer is formed on the first surface of the wiring board. The conductor layer has a length and a width as viewed in the direction of the thickness of the wiring board. The fin is joined to the second surface of the wiring board. The fin has a bent edge that extends in the direction of the length of the conductor layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120117983 | AIR-CONDITIONING HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER HAVING THE SAME - The air-conditioning heat exchanger includes a plurality of Peltier devices, a plurality of first heat transfer members, a plurality of second heat transfer members, an air-conditioning passage and a heat exchange medium passage. The air-conditioning passage has therein the Peltier devices and the first heat transfer members. The air-conditioning passage allows air to be air-conditioned to flow therethrough. The air-conditioning passage has a plurality of divided passages at least at positions that are downstream of upstream ends of the first heat transfer members with respect to an air flowing direction in which the air flows through the air-conditioning passage. The Peltier device in each divided passage is controlled separately from the Peltier device in other divided passage. The heat exchange medium passage has therein the second heat transfer members and allows fluid to flow through the heat exchange medium passage. | 05-17-2012 |
20120125013 | AIR CONDITIONER - The air conditioner includes an air-conditioning core, a first air-conditioning passage, a liquid passage and a second air-conditioning passage. The core includes a Peltier device having first and second surfaces, a first surface-side passage and a second surface-side passage. The second surface-side passage has a first passage and a second passage that transfer heat therebetween. The first air-conditioning passage is connected to the first surface-side passage for allowing first air-conditioning air in the first air-conditioning passage to flow through the first surface-side passage. The liquid passage is connected to the first passage for allowing liquid that serves as a heat transfer medium to flow through the first passage. The second air-conditioning passage is connected to the second passage for allowing second air-conditioning air in the second air-conditioning passage to flow through the second passage. The first air-conditioning air and the second air-conditioning air are usable for air conditioning a room. | 05-24-2012 |
20120192573 | AIR-CONDITIONING CORE - The air-conditioning core includes a plurality of first Peltier devices, a plurality of first fins and a tube. Each of the first Peltier devices has a first surface and a second surface. The first fins are located on the first surfaces of the first Peltier devices. The tube is located adjacent to the second surfaces of the first Peltier devices. The tube has a main portion extending around the second surfaces of the first Peltier devices and also around the first fins for holding the first Peltier devices, an inlet portion connected to the main portion for allowing heat exchange medium of liquid to flow into the main portion, and an outlet portion connected to the main portion for allowing the heat exchange medium of liquid to flow out of the main portion. The outlet portion is located adjacent to the inlet portion. | 08-02-2012 |
20120255590 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE - A thermoelectric conversion module includes two substrates, electrodes, thermoelectric conversion elements provided between the substrates and electrically connected in series via the electrodes, a polygonally-shaped thermoelectric conversion element disposition area provided on inner surface of the substrate wherein the thermoelectric conversion elements are disposed in the thermoelectric conversion element area, a fin radiator provided on outer surface of the substrate and a fin disposition area wherein the fin radiator is disposed in the fin disposition area. The fin disposition area and the thermoelectric conversion element disposition area are located on opposite sides of the substrates so as to overlap each other via the substrate. Part of each of the thermoelectric conversion elements located at least one corner of the thermoelectric conversion element disposition area is located outside the fin disposition area when the fin disposition area is projected on the thermoelectric conversion element disposition area. | 10-11-2012 |
20120291832 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE - A thermoelectric conversion module includes a plurality of first substrates and a plurality of second substrates disposed to face each other, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements, a base plate, first fins and second fins. Each inner surface of the first substrate faces the respective inner surface of the second substrate. The first electrode is joined to the respective inner surface of the first substrate and the second electrode is joined to the respective inner surface of the second substrate. The thermoelectric conversion elements are electrically connected to each other through the first and the second electrodes. The base plate is thermally joined to the outer surfaces of the first substrates. Each first fin is thermally joined to the outer surface of the base plate. Each second fin is thermally and directly joined to the respective outer surface of the second substrate. | 11-22-2012 |
20120325281 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The method of manufacturing a thermoelectric conversion module includes the steps of providing a first inner surface of a first substrate with plural first electrodes and a first positioning portion, wherein the first positioning portion is located at a predetermined position to the first electrodes without overlapping with the first electrodes, providing a second inner surface of a second substrate with plural second electrodes and a second positioning portion, wherein the second positioning portion is located at a predetermined position to the second electrodes without overlapping with the second electrodes, providing the first electrodes with plural thermoelectric conversion elements, positioning a spacer to the first substrate with a third positioning portion of the spacer on the first positioning portion, and providing the thermoelectric conversion elements with the second electrodes by positioning the second substrate to the spacer with the second positioning portion on a fourth positioning portion of the spacer. | 12-27-2012 |