A radiant heater device according to the present disclosure includes a radiant heater that radiates radiant heat to a passenger of a vehicle and a controller that controls an output of the radiant heater. The controller acquires information related to a thermal sensation of the passenger and controls the output of the radiant heater based on the information related the thermal sensation.

A present disclosure relates to a vehicle air conditioner including a blower. At least the blower is disposed within an engine compartment. The blower includes a motor that is configured to rotate a fan. A rotating shaft of the motor is diagonally arranged with an inclination angle that is greater than 0 degree and less than 90 degrees with respect to a vertical direction. An attachable/detachable direction of the motor with respect to the blower-is an upper side thereof.

An embodiment includes an air conditioner, including: a housing including an ambient side and an enclosure side, where the enclosure side faces an enclosure to be cooled by the air conditioner; the ambient side including an interface that fits in a flush-mounted configuration with respect to a wall of the enclosure to be cooled, whereby the entire air conditioner is disposed within the enclosure. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A target thermal sensation setter sets target thermal sensations for a finite number of parts into which the occupant is virtually divided. A cabin temperature controller individually controls a cabin air-conditioning unit and an auxiliary heater so that the thermal sensations of the respective parts of the occupant estimated by an occupant thermal sensation estimator fall within a range of the target thermal sensations.

An adaptive air conditioning system, a method for the system, and a carrier equipped with the system are disclosed. The carrier includes at least one adaptive air conditioning system. The carrier has a body, which includes at least one cabin defining a compartment for accommodating transported objects, such as passengers or cargos. The adaptive air conditioning system includes data collecting apparatus, temperature control apparatus, and a microcontroller. The temperature control apparatus includes a liquid circulation unit, an air circulation unit, and a control switch. With the adaptive air conditioning system, the air and internal installation in the compartment can be controlled at a predetermined temperature more promptly, efficiently, uniformly, and flexibly, thus increasing comfort level for the passengers or meeting the temperature requirements for the cargos.

A transportation system that includes one or more pods that include an interior space configured to house one or more travelers. The pods can be attached to and transported by multiple different vehicles. The different vehicles can provide for different modes of transportation. The pods are configured to supply one or more utility functions to the interior space. One or more of the utility functions to be supplied from the vehicles to the pods when the pods are attached to the vehicles.

Disclosed is a vehicle air conditioner, wherein an integrated air conditioning module using a heat pump system enables, in order to secure interior space, the optimizing of the arrangement thereof and the arrangements among the elements thereof, and the increasing of a coupling force between an air conditioning module and a distribution duct.

A discharged air flow path connected to a cooling fan has a first discharged air flow path which is connected to at least one side trim of a left side trim and a right side trim and a second discharged air flow path which branches off from the first discharged air flow path and which is connected to the side trim. A first connecting portion which connects the first discharged air flow path and the side trim is disposed so as to be spaced away from a second connecting portion which connects the second discharged air flow path and the side trim in a front-rear direction. The first discharged air flow path and the second discharged air flow path discharge air into a passenger compartment by way of the side trim.

Features for a vapor compression system configured to cool and/or cat (i.e. thermally condition) two or more distinct climate controlled vehicle interior components via a common thermal bus are disclosed. Some embodiments employ a single compressor. Some embodiments employ multiple compressors and/or thermal buses, each servicing components located within respective interior thermal zones of a vehicle, for example a front row seat zone, second and/or third row seat zones, and/or an overhead zone and/or a trunk zone.

A heater device includes: a distance specifying portion that specifies a distance between a sensing subject, i.e., an occupant and a heater main body as a sensed distance; and a moving mechanism that moves the heater main body. The heater device further includes a heater position control portion that controls the moving mechanism such that the distance between the sensing subject, i.e., the occupant and the heater main body is adjusted to a target distance based on the sensed distance, which is specified by the distance specifying portion.