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US 2019/0351743 A1Published application
Compact rear vehicle hvac structure
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei North America, Inc.
InventorsSilvia Denisse Vazquez Salazar, Scott Torok
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Abstract
A rear vehicle HVAC system includes an evaporator, a blower disposed above the evaporator, and a duct passing next to the blower, the duct connecting the evaporator and an outlet opening. The duct is approximately vertical, and a width of the system proximate a lower end of the duct is narrower than a width of the system proximate the blower.
Claims20
A vehicle HVAC system, comprising:
- an evaporator;
- a blower disposed above the evaporator;
- a duct passing next to the blower, the duct connecting the evaporator and an outlet opening;
- wherein the duct is approximately vertical;
- and
- wherein a width of the system proximate a lower end of the duct is narrower than a width of the system proximate the blower.
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A housing for a vehicle HVAC system, comprising:
- a blower portion defined by a blower wall and configured to receive a blower therein along a blower axis, the blower portion defining a blower width;
- a first duct extending downstream from the blower portion;
- a second duct extending downstream from the first duct and defining an inner wall and an opposing outer wall;
- and
- an inner bulge extending from the inner wall and defining a step;
- wherein the inner wall of the second duct extends tangentially to the blower wall along a tangential axis;
- and
- wherein the inner bulge extends away from the tangential axis and toward the blower wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.