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Console air conditioner for vehicle

US8141622B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2005
Grant dateMar 27, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60H2001/00192
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A console air conditioner includes an evaporator, a heater, a face vent, a floor vent, and a vent door for controlling the opening degrees of the face vent and the floor vent and is installed in the console space between front seats of a vehicle. Both sides of the air mixing zone where a cool air passageway meets a warm air passageway in the console air conditioner are connected to a pillar duct extending toward the middle pillar of the vehicle. A temperature control door controls the opening degrees of a cool air passageway and a warm air passageway of the air conditioner case and is installed such that rotational trace of the temperature control door is overlapped with a pillar vent area that is defined between the pillar ducts.

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