Air conditioning device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10093154-B2
Application number	US-201515129974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

A filter insertion opening into which a filter is inserted is formed in an indoor-air/outdoor-air switching unit, which constitutes an air conditioning device for a vehicle, and a guide section for guiding the filter downstream in the insertion direction is provided on the inner wall surface of a casing so as to face the filter insertion opening. The guide section has: a first lower guide facing the filter insertion opening and tilted upward; and a second lower guide formed downstream of the first lower guide in the insertion direction and tilted downward. When inserting the filter from the filter insertion opening, the filter is guided along the first lower guide and therefore is inserted while being tilted such that the end of the filter, which is located downstream in the insertion direction, is lifted up. Consequently, the filter can be inserted without contact with the vehicle body-side structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioning device for a vehicle, comprising a casing, an introduction port formed in the casing and inside air or outside air being introduced through the introduction port, a blower configured to take in air through the introduction port under a driving operation, and an involute shaped air blowing passage, the air that is taken in by the blower being blown out through the air blowing passage, and further comprising an inside/outside air switching unit, a filter being accommodated in an interior of the inside/outside air switching unit through an insertion opening that is formed in the casing,
wherein a guide member configured to guide the filter along an insertion direction from the insertion opening to the interior is provided on an inner wall surface of the casing, and wherein the guide member, at a time that the filter begins to be inserted from the insertion opening, inclines a rear side in the insertion direction of the filter upwardly, and further tilts the filter midway during insertion thereof, whereby when the filter is accommodated, a front side in the insertion direction of the filter is in an upwardly inclined state,
wherein the guide member comprises:
a first lower guide inclined upwardly from a lower end of the insertion opening toward a rear side in the insertion direction;
a second lower guide inclined downwardly from an end on the rear side in the insertion direction of the first lower guide;
a first upper guide extending from an upper end of the insertion opening toward the rear side in the insertion direction, and being formed in parallel with and separated at same distance as a thickness of the filter with respect to a line of extension of the second lower guide;
a second upper guide extending from an end on the rear side in the insertion direction of the first upper guide toward the rear side, and including an angle thereof with respect to a horizontal direction that is smaller than an angle of the first upper guide with respect to the horizontal direction; and
a third upper guide formed on the rear side in the insertion direction with respect to the second upper guide, and formed on a line of extension of the first upper guide.

2. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , the filter comprising:
a core member formed by repeatedly folding a non-woven fabric; and
guide tapes pasted on side portions of the core member and configured to support a shape of the core member;
wherein the filter is guided along the insertion direction by sliding of the guide tapes with respect to the guide member.

3. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a cover member is installed in the insertion opening in a state with the filter accommodated inside the casing, and a supporting piece that holds a front side in the insertion direction of the filter is disposed on the cover member.

4. The air conditioning device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the introduction port is formed in the casing directly above a downward end of the filter that is arranged in a downwardly oriented manner, the end disposed on the rear side in the insertion direction.

Assignees

• Keihin Corp

Inventors

• Ishii Yusuke
• Kobari Tsutomu

Classifications

• B60H1/00849

  for selectively commanding the induction of outside or inside air (B60H1/00842 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H2003/065

  Details for holding filter elements in position · CPC title

• B01D46/0006

  Filter elements or cartridges installed in a drawer-like manner · CPC title

• B60H3/0616 Primary

  with provisions for replacing the filter element · CPC title

• B60H3/0608

  Filter arrangements in the air stream · CPC title