There is provided a vehicle air conditioning apparatus that can prevent the amount of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor from reducing when an outside air temperature is low to achieve a heating performance required for a heating operation, and also can dehumidify the vehicle interior without deteriorating the heating performance during a heating and dehumidifying operation. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes: a heat released refrigerant expansion valve that decompresses the refrigerant discharged from the radiator during the heating operation and the first heating and dehumidifying operation; a gas-liquid separator that separates the refrigerant decompressed by the heat released refrigerant expansion valve into a gaseous refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant; and a bypass circuit that allows part of at least the gaseous refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator to flow into a section of the compressor through which the refrigerant being decompressed passes.

An information display device comprising a processor, the processor executing: time information acquiring processing of acquiring time information; azimuth information acquiring processing of acquiring azimuth information; coordinate setting processing of setting a time coordinate system for display of the time information on a display image and setting an azimuth coordinate system for display of the azimuth information on the display image; and display control processing of displaying particular time information acquired by the time information acquiring processing, in the time coordinate system set on the display image and particular azimuth information acquired by the azimuth information acquiring processing, in the azimuth coordinate system set on the display image.

In order to perform overheating protection of a controller for water-heating heaters 3A and 3B for in-vehicle heating, an energization circuit for a heater 3 (3A, 3B) includes IGBTs 11 and 12 as switching devices that are disposed therein to be in series with the heater 3, and a first temperature sensor (first thermistor) 21 which measures temperature of these IGBTs 11, 12. A comparator 25 is provided to transmit a signal when the temperature of the IGBTs 11, 12 is equal to or greater than a predetermined temperature. Then, the IGBTs 11, 12 can be forcibly turned OFF via the IGBT driver 13 in response to a signal from the comparator 25 without a microprocessor 14 intervening therebetween.

A heater assembly having a lower tank that is provided with an inlet and an outlet and has a first space, a heater case that covers the first space, has at least one heat transfer pocket that is situated in the first space, and has a second space, at least one heating module that is inserted into the heat transfer pocket such that a terminal thereof is situated in the second space, a bus bar block which is accommodated in the second space and to which the terminal is connected, and a PCB module that controls the heating module is provided. The bus bar block includes a bus bar that contacts the terminal, and a first bus bar plate which has a terminal through-hole, through which the terminal passes, and in which the bus bar is arranged.

The invention relates to a heat-transfer liquid circuit (1) for an electric vehicle driven at least in part by an electric motor, the circuit (1) comprising a first leg (10) which comprises at least a pump (11), a first heat exchanger (12) configured to exchange heat energy between the heat-transfer liquid and a refrigerant fluid, an electric-heating device (13) and a second heat exchanger (14) configured to exchange heat energy between the heat-transfer liquid and a flow of air dispatched towards the interior of the vehicle, the circuit (1) comprising a second leg (20) mounted in parallel with the first leg (10), the second leg (20) comprising a third heat exchanger (21) thermally coupled to a component of an electric drivetrain of the vehicle, the circuit (1) comprising a third leg (30) arranged in parallel with the first leg (10) and connected to the latter by a heat-transfer liquid distribution member (15).

Heating body (I) for a device (16) for electrically heating liquid, said heating body (I) comprising at least one first helical heating element (4) defined by a diameter (di), a second helical heating element (5) defined by a diameter (d2), and a base (2) carrying the first and the second heating element (4, 5), characterized in that the first diameter (di) is greater than the second diameter (d2), and in that the first heating element is disposed around the second element. The heating body (I) can be configured so as to comprise three heating elements, or more, arranged such that the size in terms of length is limited, and could include a core, disposed so as to be surrounded by all of the different heating elements, reducing the volume of liquid inside the chamber (15) in which the heating body (I) is housed.

There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner device which is capable of continuing an air conditioning operation also in a case where a disconnection failure occurs in a solenoid valve to change a flow of a refrigerant in each operation mode. Respective solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22 to change the respective operation modes of a vehicle air conditioner device 1 are constituted so that the flow of the refrigerant changes to a cooling mode when all the solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22 are non-energized. The vehicle air conditioner device executes a cooling mode during failure in which a controller adjusts all the solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22 to be non-energized and operates a compressor 2, in a case where the disconnection failure occurs in one of the solenoid valves 17, 20, 21 and 22.

There is disclosed a vehicle air-conditioning device in which a refrigerant subcool degree in a radiator is appropriately controlled, so that comfortable and efficient vehicle interior air conditioning is achievable. The vehicle air-conditioning device executes a heating mode in which a controller lets a refrigerant discharged from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompresses the refrigerant by which heat has been radiated by an outdoor expansion valve 6, and then lets the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7. In the heating mode, the vehicle air-conditioning device controls a refrigerant subcool degree SC of the radiator 4 by the outdoor expansion valve 6. On a basis of a radiator inlet air temperature THin that is a temperature of the air flowing into the radiator 4, the controller corrects a target subcool degree TGSC that is a target value of the refrigerant subcool degree SC in the radiator 4 in a lowering direction, as the radiator inlet air temperature THin rises.

A work machine including a prime mover, an electric motor, an electric motor fluid circuit, a transmission fluid circuit, a hydraulic circuit, a cooling circuit, a pump, and a controller. The electric motor may supply a portion of power of the prime mover. The electric motor fluid circuit may be adapted to remove waste heat from the electric motor. The transmission fluid circuit may be adapted to lubricate a moving part of a transmission powered by the prime mover. The hydraulic circuit may be adapted to transmit power from the prime mover to a moving component of the work machine. The cooling circuit may be absorbing waste heat from one or more of the electric motor fluid circuit, the transmission fluid circuit, and the hydraulic circuit. The control may be adapted to control diversion of a portion of waste heat from the cooling circuit to a portion of the cab.

There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner device of a so-called heat pump system to accurately perform efficient and comfortable heating of a vehicle interior. The vehicle air conditioner device includes a heating medium circulating circuit 23 which heats air to be supplied from an air flow passage 3 to a vehicle interior. A controller calculates a required heating capability TGQhtr of the heating medium circulating circuit to complement a shortage of an actual heating capability Qhp to a required heating capability TGQ of a radiator 4. The controller calculates a decrease amount ΔQhp of the actual heating capability Qhp from a difference ΔTXO between a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXO of an outdoor heat exchanger 7 and a refrigerant evaporation temperature TXObase in non-frosting, and adds the decrease amount ΔQhp to the required heating capability TGQhtr to execute the heating by the heating medium circulating circuit.