Patent · US Active

Air conditioner for vehicle

US11040595B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
5References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 11, 2019
Grant dateJun 22, 2021
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 19, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60S1/54
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air conditioner for a vehicle which can reduce ventilation resistance and secure a sufficient cross-sectional area of an air outlet to prevent deterioration in air volume. The air conditioner includes: an air-conditioning case having an air passageway formed therein and a plurality of air outlets formed at an exit thereof, and at least one heat exchanger disposed in the air passageway of the air-conditioning case to exchange heat with air passing through the air passageway, wherein the air outlet includes a center vent for discharging air-conditioned wind toward the center of a vehicle width and a side vent for discharging the air-conditioned wind toward the side of the vehicle width, and one between the center vent and the side vent is arranged in an upper side of the air-conditioning case, and the other is arranged in one side of the air-conditioning case in a back-and-forth direction of the vehicle.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.