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US 9,308,798 B2Granted
Optimized face mode air flow path for rear quarter HVAC
AssigneeDenso International Ameria, Inc.
InventorsJohn Klinkhammer, Jason Hendry, Simon Hotte
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Abstract
A rear HVAC system for a motor vehicle including a housing, an airflow generator, an evaporator, and a heater. The housing is configured to be mounted adjacent to a rear wheel well and a D-pillar of the motor vehicle. The evaporator and the heater are mounted within the housing. Both the evaporator and the heater are between a vehicle floor and a line that is both generally parallel to the floor and tangent to an upper surface of the rear wheel well when the housing is installed in the vehicle.
Claims23
A rear HVAC system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- a housing configured to be mounted adjacent to a rear wheel well of the motor vehicle;
- an evaporator mounted within the housing;
- a heater mounted within the housing;
- an airflow generator arranged within the housing above both the evaporator and the heater;
- and
- a curved wall of the housing arranged downstream of the heater and shaped to follow a curvature of the rear wheel well;
- wherein:
- both the evaporator and the heater are between a vehicle floor and a line that is both generally parallel to the floor and tangent to an upper surface of the rear wheel well when the housing is installed in the vehicle;
- both the evaporator and the heater are at the vehicle floor or are arranged equidistant away from the vehicle floor when the housing is installed in the vehicle;
- and
- the evaporator, the heater, and the airflow generator are between the rear wheel well and a rear end of the motor vehicle.
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A rear HVAC system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- a housing configured to be mounted adjacent to a rear wheel well of the motor vehicle;
- an airflow generator;
- an evaporator mounted in the housing, the evaporator including a first evaporator side and a second evaporator side opposite to the first evaporator side, airflow generated by the airflow generator enters the evaporator at the first evaporator side and exits the evaporator at the second evaporator side;
- a heater mounted in the housing, the heater including a first heater side and a second heater side opposite to the first heater side, airflow generated by the airflow generator enters the heater at the first heater side and exits the heater at the second heater side, the first heater side faces the second evaporator side;
- and
- a curved wall of the housing arranged downstream of the heater and shaped to follow a curvature of the rear wheel well;
- wherein:
- the airflow generator is arranged within the housing above both the evaporator and the heater;
- both the evaporator and the heater are at the vehicle floor or are arranged equidistant away from the vehicle floor when the housing is installed in the vehicle;
- and
- the evaporator, the heater, and the airflow generator are between the rear wheel well and a rear end of the motor vehicle.
8 more elements
A rear HVAC system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- a housing configured to be mounted between a rear wheel well and a D-pillar of the motor vehicle, the housing including a base configured to be mounted at a floor of the vehicle;
- an evaporator mounted in the housing including a top evaporator end opposite to a bottom evaporator end;
- a heater mounted in the housing, the heater including a top heater end opposite to a bottom heater end, the top heater end is mounted closer to the base of the housing than the top evaporator end;
- an airflow generator arranged within the housing above both the evaporator and the heater;
- and
- a curved wall of the housing arranged downstream of the heater and shaped to follow a curvature of the rear wheel well;
- wherein:
- both the evaporator and the heater are between a vehicle floor and an upper surface of the rear wheel well when the housing is installed in the vehicle;
- and
- both the evaporator and the heater are at the vehicle floor or are arranged equidistant away from the vehicle floor when the housing is installed in the vehicle;
- and
- the evaporator, the heater, and the airflow generator are between the rear wheel well and a rear end of the motor vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.