Air conditioner for car and instrument panel module
AssigneeZexel Valeo Climate Control Corporation
InventorsDaisuke Araki, Hideki Nagano, Eiji Yanagida, Kazuhisa Katchi, Akitoshi Noguchi, Tsutomu Nakamigawa, Katsuichi Yamamoto, Takehide Matsumoto
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Abstract
A casing 1 of an automotive air conditioner is formed with a recess 12 for accommodating a steering member S extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle. The casing 1 is divided into an instrument panel-side part Rp and a fire panel-side part Fp with the recess 12 as a boundary S.
Claims34
An automotive air conditioner comprising:
- a casing having at least one of air-introducing means for introducing air, blowing means for blowing the air from said air-introducing means, cooling means for cooling the air introduced by said blowing means from said air-introducing means, heating means for heating the air introduced by said blowing means from said air-introducing means, and air-distributing means for distributing the cooled air or the heated air;
- and
- a steering member-accommodating portion formed in said casing, for accommodating a steering member extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle,
- wherein said casing can be divided at least into an instrument panel-side part adjacent to an instrument panel and a fire panel-side part adjacent to a fire panel.
An automotive air conditioner comprising:
- a casing having at least one of air-introducing means for introducing air, blowing means for blowing the air from said air-introducing means, cooling means for cooling the air introduced by said blowing means from said air-introducing means, heating means for heating the air introduced by said blowing means from said air-introducing means, and air-distributing means for distributing the cooled air or the heated air;
- and
- a steering member interference-avoiding portion formed in said casing, for avoiding interference with a steering member extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle,
- wherein said casing can be divided at least into an instrument panel-side part adjacent to an instrument panel and a fire panel-side part adjacent to a fire panel.
An automotive air conditioner comprising:
- a casing having at least one of air-introducing means for introducing air, blowing means for blowing the air from said air-introducing means, cooling means for cooling the air introduced by said blowing means from said air-introducing means, heating means for heating the air introduced by said blowing means from said air-introducing means, and air-distributing means for distributing the cooled air or the heated air;
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- a steering member-arranging space portion formed in said casing, for arranging therein a steering member extending in a right-left direction of a vehicle,
- wherein said casing can be divided at least into an instrument panel-side part adjacent to an instrument panel and a fire panel-side part adjacent to a fire panel.
An automotive air conditioner having a cooling heat exchanger and a heater arranged within a unit casing sequentially from a front side of a vehicle toward a rear side of the vehicle, wherein said unit casing is formed with an interference avoiding portion for avoiding interference with a steering member extending in a right-left direction of the vehicle, and wherein said unit casing is divided into a front casing part and a rear casing part using said interference avoiding portion as a boundary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.