Air blowing device

An air blowing device comprising:

• a first blowing portion provided with a first blowing outlet that blows air from a blower unit into a vehicle compartment, the vehicle compartment having an instrument panel;
• a duct that is connected to the first blowing portion and defines a duct air passage therein, the duct air passage guiding the air from the blower unit to the first blowing outlet;
• an airflow deflection door disposed in the duct air passage;
• a meter blowing portion provided with a meter blowing outlet;
• a second blowing portion provided with a second blowing outlet that blows the air from the blower unit into the vehicle compartment;
• and
• a third blowing portion provided with a third blowing outlet that blows the air from the blower unit into the vehicle compartment, wherein
• the first blowing portion has a guide surface on a rear side in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, the guide surface serving as a part of the first blowing portion, the guide surface having a cross-sectional shape, viewed in a width direction of the vehicle, that enlarges the first blowing portion toward the rear side and toward a downstream side in a flow direction of the air flowing out of the first blowing portion,
• the airflow deflection door
• defines at least one of a first passage and a second passage as a part of the duct air passage, the first passage being located on the rear side of the airflow deflection door in the front-rear direction, the second passage being located on a front side of the airflow deflection door in the front-rear direction, and
• is configured to be capable of setting a first condition in which a flow of air flowing in the duct air passage is divided into a high-velocity airflow flowing in the first passage and a low-velocity airflow flowing in the second passage by decreasing a sectional area of the first passage to be smaller than a sectional area of the second passage, the high-velocity airflow flowing along the guide surface and being blown into the vehicle compartment, the low-velocity airflow flowing at a flow velocity lower than that of the high-velocity airflow,
• the first blowing outlet is located on the front side of a driver seat and a passenger seat, which are arranged in the width direction in the vehicle compartment, in the front-rear direction, and is located in a center area of the vehicle compartment in the width direction,
• an entirety of the first blowing outlet is located between a center position of the driver seat and a center position of the passenger seat in the width direction,
• the first blowing outlet having an arcuate surface such that a peak of the arcuate surface faces rearward and is located closest to the driver seat and the passenger seat in the front-rear direction of the vehicle,
• the first blowing outlet is a single outlet that is configured to blow air during both a defroster mode and a face mode,
• the instrument panel has
• a meter panel that is arranged on the vehicle front side of the driver seat in the vehicle compartment in the front-rear direction and has a meter and a meter peripheral portion other than the meter and
• a meter hood that is located above the meter panel in an up-down direction of the vehicle, extends in the width direction, and protrudes from the meter panel toward the vehicle rear direction,
• the meter blowing outlet is open in a meter peripheral area, which has the meter peripheral portion and the meter hood, and blows the air from the blower unit toward the vehicle rear side through a steering wheel that is arranged between the meter panel and the driver seat in the front-rear direction,
• the second blowing outlet is located on a side opposite to the passenger seat with respect to the center position of the driver seat in the width direction,
• the third blowing outlet is located on a side opposite to the driver seat with respect to the center position of the passenger seat in the width direction,
• the first blowing outlet has a first lowermost portion that is located at a lowermost end of the first blowing outlet in an up-down direction of the vehicle,
• the second blowing outlet has a second lowermost portion that is a lowermost end of the second blowing outlet in the up-down direction of the vehicle,
• the third blowing outlet has a third lowermost portion that is a lowermost end of the third blowing outlet in the up-down direction of the vehicle, and
• the first lowermost portion is located above the second lowermost portion and the third lowermost portion in the up-down direction of the vehicle.

An air blowing device comprising:

• a first blowing portion provided with a first blowing outlet that blows air from a blower unit into a vehicle compartment;
• a duct that is connected to the first blowing portion and defines a duct air passage therein, the duct air passage guiding the air from the blower unit to the first blowing outlet;
• an airflow deflection door disposed in the duct air passage;
• a second blowing portion provided with a second blowing outlet that blows the air from the blower unit into the vehicle compartment;
• and
• a third blowing portion provided with a third blowing outlet that blows the air from the blower unit into the vehicle compartment, wherein
• the first blowing portion has a guide surface on a rear side in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, the guide surface serving as a part of the first blowing portion, the guide surface having a cross-sectional shape, viewed in a width direction of the vehicle, that enlarges the first blowing portion toward the rear side and toward a downstream side in a flow direction of the air flowing out of the first blowing portion,
• the airflow deflection door
• defines at least one of a first passage and a second passage as a part of the duct air passage, the first passage being located on the rear side of the airflow deflection door in the front-rear direction, the second passage being located on a front side of the airflow deflection door in the front-rear direction, and
• is configured to be capable of setting a first condition in which a flow of air flowing in the duct air passage is divided into a high-velocity airflow flowing in the first passage and a low-velocity airflow flowing in the second passage by decreasing a sectional area of the first passage to be smaller than a sectional area of the second passage, the high-velocity airflow flowing along the guide surface and being blown into the vehicle compartment, the low-velocity airflow flowing at a flow velocity lower than that of the high-velocity airflow,
• the first blowing outlet is located on the front side of a driver seat and a passenger seat, which are arranged in the width direction in the vehicle compartment, in the front-rear direction, and is located in a center area of the vehicle compartment in the width direction,
• an entirety of the first blowing outlet is located between a center position of the driver seat and a center position of the passenger seat in the width direction,
• the first blowing outlet having a first end that is curved rearward toward the driver seat and the passenger seat and a second end that is straight, parallel to the driver seat and the passenger seat,
• the first blowing outlet is a single outlet that is configured to blow air during both a defroster mode and a face mode,
• the second blowing outlet is located on a side opposite to the passenger seat with respect to the center position of the driver seat in the width direction,
• the third blowing outlet is located on a side opposite to the driver seat with respect to the center position of the passenger seat in the width direction,
• the first blowing outlet has a first lowermost portion that is located at a lowermost end of the first blowing outlet in an up-down direction of the vehicle,
• the second blowing outlet has a second lowermost portion that is a lowermost end of the second blowing outlet in the up-down direction of the vehicle,
• the third blowing outlet has a third lowermost portion that is a lowermost end of the third blowing outlet in the up-down direction of the vehicle, and
• the first lowermost portion is located above the second lowermost portion and the third lowermost portion in the up-down direction of the vehicle.