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Blower unit for automobile air conditioner

US5063832A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 12, 1990
Grant dateNov 12, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60H2001/00628
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A blower unit for an automobile air conditioner including a fan for introducing air through an air intake unit and for forcibly discharging air introduced to a casing of the automobile air conditioner through a discharge opening. A scroll casing includes a side wall, arranged around the fan, and a bottom wall closing the side wall. The side wall of the scroll casing is formed in a shape symmetrical about a center line thereof with the center line being parallel to an air streamline in the vicinity of the discharge opening. The side wall has opposed facing ends at the discharge opening. A nose member is mounted within the scroll casing close to one of the opposed facing ends of the side wall.

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