Vehicle air conditioning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10245920-B2
Application number	US-201715668018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2017
Priority date	Aug 5, 2016
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle air conditioning device including a duct for supplying conditioned air from an air conditioner to occupants, in which the air conditioner executes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) in a vehicle compartment; and the duct is extended in a vehicle rear direction and is fixed to a floor carpet is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle air conditioning device, comprising a duct for supplying conditioned air from an air conditioner to occupants of a wheelchair accessible vehicle, wherein
the air conditioner executes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle,
the duct is extended in a vehicle rear direction and is placed on an upper surface of a floor carpet and fixed to the floor carpet, and the duct supplies conditioned air from the air conditioner to a portion of the vehicle compartment configured to hold a wheelchair occupant in a wheelchair.

2. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the duct is fixed to the floor carpet by a belt.

3. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein the duct is covered by a cover.

4. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 1 , wherein
the duct includes an air flow path frame portion having a closed section; and a pair of left and right reinforcing frame portions, wherein the air flow path frame portion forms a flow channel for the conditioned air; and the pair of left and right reinforcing frame portions are formed on both sides of the air flow path frame portion in a vehicle width direction, and
each of the reinforcing frame portions includes an oblique side wall and a reinforcing member for supporting an inner surface of the oblique side wall, wherein the oblique side wall extends from the air flow path frame portion toward lower outside in the vehicle width direction.

5. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 4 , wherein the reinforcing member is freely bent via a thin hinge portion at a lower end of the oblique side wall.

6. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 5 , wherein the reinforcing member includes a wall supporting portion which abuts against an inner surface of the oblique side wall, and a fixing portion which abuts against and is fixed to a lower frame of the air flow path frame portion.

7. The vehicle air conditioning device according to claim 4 , wherein a boss protrudes upwardly from the lower frame of the air flow path frame portion so as to suppress subsiding of the upper frame of the air flow path frame portion.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• SHIBAYAMA Ayana
• Fukuyama Ryuichi
• Morita Motohiro

Classifications

• B60H1/00028

  Constructional lay-out of the devices in the vehicle · CPC title

• B60H1/00835

  Damper doors, e.g. position control (construction or arrangement of damper doors B60H1/00664; B60H1/00864 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H2001/00221

  Devices in the floor or side wall area of the passenger compartment · CPC title

• B60H1/00564 Primary

  of air ducts · CPC title

• B60H1/00035 Primary

  for sending an air stream of uniform temperature into the passenger compartment · CPC title