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US 12,391,095 B2Granted
Air conditioner for vehicle
AssigneeHanon Systems
InventorsJae-Chun You, Yo Chan Min, Tae Yong Park
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle and, more particularly, to an air conditioner for a vehicle which is capable of miniaturization by integrally forming an air conditioning module and a cooling module so as to increase space utilization in an engine room and further enhance manufacturability.
Claims13
An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
- an air conditioning module for cooling and heating a vehicle interior;
- and
- a cooling module including a radiator and a fan shroud that forms a flow of air passing through the radiator,
- wherein the air conditioning module and the cooling module are integrally formed with each other and positioned in a vehicle engine room,
- wherein the air conditioner comprises:
- an outer case including a through an exterior air inlet for introducing the exterior air into the air conditioning module and the cooling module, a through interior air inlet for introducing the interior air into the air conditioning module, and an air delivery part for delivering air for cooling and heating the vehicle interior;
- and
- an inner case partitioned from the outer case to position the air conditioning module therein, and allows the exterior air introduced through the exterior air inlet to be divided into an air flow passing through the cooling module and an air flow passing through the air conditioning module,
- wherein the exterior air inlet is positioned in a lower side of the air conditioner in a height direction and simultaneously in one side of the air conditioner in a length direction, and exterior air introduced through the exterior air inlet passes through the cooling module to be discharged to the other side of the air conditioner in the length direction.
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An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
- an air conditioning module for cooling and heating a vehicle interior;
- and
- a cooling module including a radiator and a fan shroud that forms a flow of air passing through the radiator,
- wherein the air conditioning module and the cooling module are integrally formed with each other and positioned in a vehicle engine room,
- wherein the air conditioner comprises:
- an outer case including a through an exterior air inlet for introducing the exterior air into the air conditioning module and the cooling module, a through interior air inlet for introducing the interior air into the air conditioning module, and an air delivery part for delivering air for cooling and heating the vehicle interior;
- and
- an inner case partitioned from the outer case to position the air conditioning module therein, and allows the exterior air introduced through the exterior air inlet to be divided into an air flow passing through the cooling module and an air flow passing through the air conditioning module,
- wherein the air conditioning module has a first region and a second region positioned parallel to each other in the width direction,
- the first region being provided with an interior/exterior air controller for selectively supplying the exterior air introduced through the exterior air inlet and the interior air introduced through the interior air inlet, and a blower for blowing air to the air conditioning module, and
- the second region being provided with an evaporator for air cooling and a heat exchanger for air heating to exchange heat with air supplied from the first region and then supply heat-exchanged air through the air delivery part.
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