Air conditioning device

In a motor vehicle having a passenger compartment and a trunk which are isolated from each other and bounded by a partition wall, an air conditioning device comprising:

• a housing secured to said partition wall so as to project into said trunk, said housing having an air intake passage and an air discharge passage which are both open to the interior of said passenger compartment through respective openings formed in said partition wall, said housing also having first and second independent passages by which said air intake and discharge passages are connected independently of each other;
• an air cleaner disposed in said air intake passage for cleaning air passing therethrough;
• an electric heater disposed in said air discharge passage for warming air passing therethrough, adjacent said partition wall;
• a humidifier disposed in said first independent passage for damping air passing therethrough;
• an electric fan disposed in said air discharge passage for producing air flow in a direction from said air intake passage to said air discharge passage through said first and second independent passages;
• and
• a damper door swingably disposed in said housing to selectively open and close said first and second independent passages.