Air conditioner for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10214075-B2
Application number	US-201515509280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2015
Priority date	Dec 17, 2014
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is an air conditioner for a vehicle which has inside air intake ports formed on the side surface of a cylindrical intake duct and the side surface of a cylindrical intake door so as to partially inhale inside air during an outside air inflow mode, thereby reducing manufacturing processes and manufacturing costs because there is no need to add a separate component for inhaling inside air in the outside air inflow mode, controlling intake amounts of outside air and inside air through a recess part formed on the outer circumferential surface of the intake door, and enhancing cooling and heating performance by partially inhaling inside air during the outside air inflow mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioner for a vehicle comprising:
a scroll case which is disposed at an inlet of an air-conditioning case and has a centrifugal fan mounted therein;
an intake duct which is combined to one side of the scroll case in an axial direction of the centrifugal fan and has inside air inflow ports and an outside air inflow port to introduce inside air and outside air; and
an intake door which is rotatably mounted inside the intake duct through a rotary shaft to open and close the inside air inflow ports and the outside air inflow port,
wherein an opening of the intake duct is combined at one side of the scroll case and the inside air inflow ports and the outside air inflow port are formed in the outer circumferential surface of the intake duct to be spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction,
wherein the intake door has a hollow cylindrical door part formed as an opening to open and close the inside air inflow ports and the outside air inflow port according to rotational angles, and
wherein a first inside air intake hole is formed in a side of the intake duct and a second inside air intake hole is formed in a side of the intake door, and
wherein in the outside air inflow mode the outside air inflow port is opened by the intake door, inside air existing outside the intake duct is inhaled into the intake door when the first inside air intake hole and the second inside air intake hole overlap with each other.

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a recess part is formed on the cylindrical door part to be inwardly sunken at the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical door part in order to control intake amounts of inside air and outside air in the outside air inflow mode.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein the second inside air intake hole is smaller than the first inside air intake port of the intake duct.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein the recess part is formed in such a way that the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical door part is sunken flatways.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein:
a supporter for rotatably supporting a rotary shaft of the intake door is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the intake duct,
the supporter comprises a boss part for rotatably supporting the rotary shaft of the intake door, and a plurality of connection ribs for connecting the boss part with the inner circumferential surface of the intake duct, and
the rotary shaft of the intake door is rotatably combined to the supporter.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 5 , wherein the intake door comprises:
a pair of door plates which are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval in the radial direction based on the rotary shafts of the intake door to form the cylindrical door part; a support rib which connects inner faces of the door plates with each other and on which the rotary shaft of the intake door is formed; and a side plate which connects one end portion of each of the door plates with each other and on which the rotary shaft of the second side is formed.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein an inside air intake hole of the intake door is formed in the side plate to penetrate the side plate, and
wherein the inside air intake hole of the intake duct is formed in the side of the intake duct opposed to the side plate of the intake door to penetrate the side of the intake duct.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein the intake duct comprises:
an insertion groove formed on a circumference of the opening of the intake duct; and
a support protrusion formed on a plurality of end portions of the door plates to be rotatably supported and inserted into the insertion groove.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein if the depth of the insertion groove is “a” and the length of the support protrusion inserted into the insertion groove is “b”, a ratio of b/a satisfies 0.6 to 0.8.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein if the width of the insertion groove is “c” and the thickness of the support protrusion inserted into the insertion groove is “d”, a ratio of d/c satisfies 0.65 to 0.75.

11. The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein a pair of the inside air inflow ports of the intake duct are formed corresponding to the positions of a pair of the door plates, and a single outside air inflow port is formed between the inside air inflow ports.

12. The air conditioner according to claim 5 , wherein the intake door is mounted such that the rotary shafts of the intake door are arranged in the same direction as the rotary shaft of the centrifugal fan.

13. The air conditioner according to claim 5 , wherein a support rib is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical door part to fix and support the rotary shaft, and
wherein misassembly preventing means is formed on the supporter and the support rib in order to prevent misassembly between the intake door and the intake duct.

14. The air conditioner according to claim 13 , wherein the misassembly preventing means comprises:
a stud which protrudes on the support rib in an axial direction, in line with the axis of the rotary shafts and is arranged to be inserted into a one area (A) of a plurality of areas (A, B, C) divided by a plurality of connection ribs; and
a shielding plate which is formed to connect the connection ribs in the remaining areas (B, C) where the stud is not inserted to prevent that the stud is inserted into the remaining areas (B, C).

15. The air conditioner according to claim 14 , wherein the plural connection ribs are formed at an interval of 120 degrees, and
wherein the stud is arranged to be inserted into the one area (A) of the plurality of areas (A, B, C) divided by the three connection ribs, and the shielding plate is formed in the two remaining areas (B, C).

16. The air conditioner according to claim 14 , wherein a distance from a rotational center of the intake door to the center of the stud is shorter than a distance from the rotational center of the intake door to the edge of the shielding plate.

17. The air conditioner according to claim 16 , wherein the distance from the rotational center of the intake door to the center of the stud is shorter than half of the radius of the cylindrical door part.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Lee Jun Min
• Kim Seok
• Kim Young In
• Kim Yong Sik
• Won Seung Sik
• Jung jae o
• Cho Jung Won

Classifications

• B60H1/00685 Primary

  the door being a rotating disc or cylinder or part thereof (B60H1/00678 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/00521

  Mounting or fastening of components in housings, e.g. heat exchangers, fans, electronic regulators · CPC title

• B60H2001/007

  Manufacturing or assembling · CPC title

• B60H1/00 Primary

  Heating, cooling or ventilating devices · CPC title

• B60H1/26

  Ventilating openings in vehicle exterior; Ducts for conveying ventilating air · CPC title