Vehicle air conditioning device hot water pipe holding structure
AssigneeValeo Japan Co., Ltd.
InventorsSoumya Dutta, Yukio Suzuki
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Abstract
A vehicle air conditioning device includes a case, disposed inside a vehicle cabin separated from a forward compartment by a dash panel, in which an internal space (11a) is formed, a heater core that is disposed in the internal space, a hot water supply pipe that can supply hot water to the heater core, a hot water collecting pipe that can collect hot water that has passed through an interior of the heater core, and a holder member that holds the hot water pipes. The holder member includes a first holding portion that comes into contact with the hot water pipes, and a second holding portion that opposes the first holding portion, is provided across a gap, and comes into contact with the hot water pipes.
Claims8
A vehicle air conditioning device hot water pipe holding structure, comprising:
- a case, disposed inside a vehicle cabin separated from a forward compartment by a dash panel, in which an internal space is formed;
- a heater core that is disposed in the internal space and warms air that flows into the internal space;
- a hot water supply pipe that is provided in an exterior of the case and is configured to supply hot water to the heater core;
- a hot water collecting pipe that is provided in an exterior of the case and collects hot water that has passed through an interior of the heater core;
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- a holder member that holds the hot water supply pipe and the hot water collecting pipe,
- wherein the holder member has a first holding portion that comes into contact with the hot water supply pipe and the hot water collecting pipe, a second holding portion that opposes the first holding portion, is provided across a gap, and comes into contact with the hot water supply pipe and the hot water collecting pipe, and a fastening portion that fastens the first holding portion and the second holding portion,
- wherein the first holding portion has a first supply side holding portion that presents an approximate U-form following an outer peripheral face of the hot water supply pipe and holds the hot water supply pipe, and a first collection side holding portion that presents an approximate U-form following an outer peripheral face of the hot water collecting pipe and holds the hot water collecting pipe,
- wherein the second holding portion has a second supply side holding portion that presents an approximate U-form following an outer peripheral face of the hot water supply pipe and holds the hot water supply pipe, and a second collection side holding portion that presents an approximate U-form following an outer peripheral face of the hot water collecting pipe and holds the hot water collecting pipe;
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- wherein a first vibration restricting portion that restricts a transmission of vibration from the first holding portion to the case is provided between the case and the first holding portion, and a second vibration restricting portion that restricts a transmission of vibration from the second holding portion to the case is provided between the case and the second holding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.