# US 10,245,920 B2 · Vehicle air conditioning device

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- Number: US 10,245,920 B2
- Document ID: US10245920B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/668,018
- Filed: 2017-08-03
- Published: 2018-02-08
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-05
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ayana Shibayama; Ryuichi Fukuyama; Motohiro Morita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245920B2

## CPC

- B60H 1/00564: {of air ducts}
- B60H 1/00028: {Constructional lay-out of the devices in the vehicle}
- B60H 1/00835: {Damper doors, e.g. position control (construction or arrangement of damper doors B60H1/00664; B60H1/00864 takes precedence)}
- B60H 1/246: {located in the interior of the vehicle or in or below the floor}
- B60H 2001/00185: {Distribution of conditionned air}
- B60H 2001/00221: {Devices in the floor or side wall area of the passenger compartment}
- B60H: ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES

## Abstract

A vehicle air conditioning device including a duct for supplying conditioned air from an air conditioner to occupants, in which the air conditioner executes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) in a vehicle compartment; and the duct is extended in a vehicle rear direction and is fixed to a floor carpet is provided.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle air conditioning device, comprising a duct for supplying conditioned air from an air conditioner to occupants of a wheelchair accessible vehicle, wherein
the air conditioner executes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle,
the duct is extended in a vehicle rear direction and is placed on an upper surface of a floor carpet and fixed to the floor carpet, and the duct supplies conditioned air from the air conditioner to a portion of the vehicle compartment configured to hold a wheelchair occupant in a wheelchair.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1, wherein the duct is fixed to the floor carpet by a belt.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1, wherein the duct is covered by a cover.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1, wherein
the duct includes an air flow path frame portion having a closed section; and a pair of left and right reinforcing frame portions, wherein the air flow path frame portion forms a flow channel for the conditioned air; and the pair of left and right reinforcing frame portions are formed on both sides of the air flow path frame portion in a vehicle width direction, and
each of the reinforcing frame portions includes an oblique side wall and a reinforcing member for supporting an inner surface of the oblique side wall, wherein the oblique side wall extends from the air flow path frame portion toward lower outside in the vehicle width direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 4, wherein the reinforcing member is freely bent via a thin hinge portion at a lower end of the oblique side wall.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 5, wherein the reinforcing member includes a wall supporting portion which abuts against an inner surface of the oblique side wall, and a fixing portion which abuts against and is fixed to a lower frame of the air flow path frame portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 4, wherein a boss protrudes upwardly from the lower frame of the air flow path frame portion so as to suppress subsiding of the upper frame of the air flow path frame portion.