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US 2006/0219384 A1Published application
Vehicle air conditioner
AssigneeJapan Climate Systems Corporation
InventorsTakehiro Yamamoto, Tadashi Okamoto, Hideaki Yasuda, Hiroshi Mayumi, Morihito Tsukuda, Kenichiro Higashi, Keiji Koga, Yoshinori Aono
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Abstract
In an air conditioner constructed to pass an air introduced into an air conditioning unit through an evaporator and a heater core both arranged in the unit, cooler pipes for the evaporator and heater pipes for the heater core are arranged to extend from the same side wall of the air conditioning unit.
Claims12
A vehicle air conditioner comprising:
- an air conditioning unit disposed substantially in an inside middle portion of an instrument panel in a widthwise direction of a vehicle body, said air conditioning unit including a casing;
- an air blowing unit disposed to a front-passenger's side of the air conditioning unit;
- an intermediate duct for ducting an air from the air blowing unit to the air conditioning unit;
- a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger disposed in the air conditioning unit;
- cooler pipes connected to the cooling heat exchanger and heater pipes connected to the heating heat exchanger are arranged to extend from the same side of the air conditioning unit in the widthwise direction of the vehicle;
- a space provided under the cooling heat exchanger in the casing into which air from the intermediate duct is introduced;
- a drain part having a drain passage integrally formed with a bottom wall part of the casing and projecting out from a side wall part of the air conditioning unit on the air blowing unit side, with an exit of the drain part being located closer to the front of the vehicle body than the intermediate duct;
- wherein said air conditioner allows the air introduced from the intermediate duct into the air conditioning unit to pass through the cooling and heating heat exchangers disposed in the air conditioning unit to produce a conditioned air.
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