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Air duct for vehicle air conditioning and air conditioner for vehicle

US8146706B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2007
Grant dateApr 3, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60H2001/006
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air duct for vehicle air conditioning, includes a duct body defining a passage, and a passage dividing wall for dividing an interior of the duct body into a first passage and a second passage. In the air duct, the width of the duct body in an arrangement direction of the first and second passages in a bending section is larger than the width of the duct body in upstream-side and downstream side straight sections adjacent to the bending section, so as to increase a passage length difference (L1−L2) between the first passage and the second passage. Accordingly, the air duct has a structure capable of reducing the duct width while obtaining a desired passage length difference between the first passage and the second passage.

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