Vehicle air conditioning apparatus
AssigneeSanden Holdings Corporation
InventorKeita FUKATSU
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Abstract
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes an air conditioning case including a case body having a case opening that is open to an air conditioning opening, and a case cover that can open and close the case opening. The case cover can be attached/detached to/from the case body via the air conditioning opening outside of the vehicle interior. An evaporator and a heater can be attached/detached to/from the case body via the air conditioning opening outside of the vehicle interior, while the case cover is removed from the case body to open the case opening.
Claims12
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus used in a vehicle including a separating plate provided on a front of a vehicle interior and configured to separate the vehicle interior from an outside of the vehicle interior, an air conditioning opening being formed in the separating plate, the vehicle air conditioning apparatus comprising:
- an air conditioning case provided inside of the vehicle interior with respect to the air conditioning opening and configured to accommodate an evaporator for cooling air and a heater for heating the air, the evaporator and the heater being arranged in the air conditioning case in a front-to-back direction;
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- a fan unit provided inside of the vehicle interior with respect to the air conditioning opening and configured to supply the air into the air conditioning case, wherein:
- the air conditioning case includes a case body having a case opening that is open to the air conditioning opening, and a case cover that can open and close the case opening;
- the case cover can be attached/detached to/from the case body via the air conditioning opening outside of the vehicle interior;
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- the evaporator and the heater can be attached/detached to/from the case body via the air conditioning opening outside of the vehicle interior, while the case cover is removed from the case body to open the case opening.
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus used in a vehicle including a separating plate provided on a front of a vehicle interior and configured to separate the vehicle interior from an outside of the vehicle interior, an air conditioning opening being formed in the separating plate, the vehicle air conditioning apparatus comprising:
- an air conditioning case provided inside of the vehicle interior with respect to the air conditioning opening and configured to accommodate an evaporator for cooling air and a heater for heating the air, the evaporator and the heater being arranged in the air conditioning case in a front-to-back direction;
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- a fan unit provided inside of the vehicle interior with respect to the air conditioning opening and configured to supply the air into the air conditioning case, wherein:
- the fan unit includes a driving part configured to rotate an impeller, and an air suction part configured to suck the air to be supplied into the air conditioning case;
- the air suction part can be attached/detached to/from the fan unit via the air conditioning opening outside of the vehicle interior;
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- the driving part can be attached/detached to/from the fan unit via the air conditioning opening outside of the vehicle interior, while the air suction part is removed from the fan unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.