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First and second outlets direct conditioned air into a vehicular passenger compartment. When one of the outlets is blocked, the other outlet is unblocked. A control arrangement ensures that the temperature of the output air is the same regardless of which outlet is unblocked. This is achieved by adj

First and second outlets direct conditioned air into a vehicular passenger compartment. When one of the outlets is blocked, the other outlet is unblocked. A control arrangement ensures that the temperature of the output air is the same regardless of which outlet is unblocked. This is achieved by adjusting the position of an air mix door, which determines the extent to which air is heated before being delivered as conditioned air, in accordance with which outlet is unblocked.

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An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: (a) first and second outlets through which conditioned air is discharged into an interior of the vehicle; (b) means for blocking an arbitrary one of the outlets and unblocking the other; (c) a movable air mix door having different positional relationship

An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: (a) first and second outlets through which conditioned air is discharged into an interior of the vehicle; (b) means for blocking an arbitrary one of the outlets and unblocking the other; (c) a movable air mix door having different positional relationships with the first and second outlets respectively, temperature of the discharged air depending on the position of the air mix door; (d) means for generating a signal representing a desired position of the air mix door; (e) means for generating a signal representing a first fictitious position of the air mix door which depends on but deviates from the actual position of the air mix door; (f) means for generating a signal representing a second fictitious position of the air mix door which depends on but deviates from the actual position of the air mix door, the second fictitious position differing from the first fictitious position; and (g) means for controlling the position of the air mix door in accordance with the desired position signal and the first fictitious position signal when the first outlet is unblocked, and for controlling the position of the air mix door in accordance with the desired position signal and the second fictitious position signal when the second outlet is unblocked.