Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279651-B2
Application number	US-201615003997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2016
Priority date	Jan 22, 2016
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit includes a case, a door, an actuator, and a holding member. The case has a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall. The first wall and the second wall are connected by the third wall to face each other. The door is rotatably disposed inside the case through a rotational axis. The door rotates about the rotational axis to selectively open and close an air outlet. The actuator rotates the door between a closed position where the door closes the air outlet and an open position where the door opens the air outlet. The holding member is disposed in the second wall and holds the door when the door rotates to the open position by engaging the door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit comprising:
a case that has a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, the first wall and the second wall being connected by the third wall to face each other;
a door that is rotatably disposed inside the case through a rotational axis extending between the first wall and the second wall, the door rotating about the rotational axis to selectively open and close an air outlet defined in the third wall;
an actuator that is attached to the first wall and that rotates the door between a closed position where the door closes the air outlet to prohibit air from flowing out of the case through the air outlet and an open position where the door opens the air outlet to allow air to flow out of the case through the air outlet;
a holding member that is disposed in the second wall and that holds the door when the door rotates to the open position by engaging the door, wherein
the door includes a side surface facing the second wall,
the holding member protrudes from the second wall toward the first wall,
the holding member includes an apex that is positioned closer to the first wall than the side surface when the door is at the open position,
the door includes a first surface that faces toward the air outlet,
the holding member includes a first protruding portion that, when the door is at the open position, contacts the first surface to inhibit the door from rotating toward the air outlet,
the door includes a second surface that faces away from the air outlet, and
the holding member includes a second protruding portion that, when the door is at the open position, contacts the second surface to inhibit the door from rotating away from the air outlet; and
a biasing member that biases the door toward the second wall by a biasing force, wherein
a width of the door along the rotational axis is shorter than a distance between the first wall and the second wall along the rotational axis,
the door is configured to be movable along the rotational axis,
the door is maintained to be adjacent the second wall by the biasing force of the biasing member, when the door is at the open position, such that the side surface is closer to the second wall than the apex of the holding member is to the second wall, and
when the actuator rotates the door between the closed position and the open position, the side surface moves over the holding member while moving toward the first wall along the rotational axis against the biasing force of the biasing member.

2. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding member includes a slope portion that is gradually sloped from the second wall toward the apex of the holding member.

3. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are spaced away from each other, and
the side surface of the door is held between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion when the door is at the open position.

4. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the biasing member is an elastic spring that generates the biasing force.

5. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the door includes a surface that faces away from the air outlet,
the biasing member includes a louver that is disposed on the surface of the door, and
the louver is configured to be inclined toward the second wall from the surface of the door to generate the biasing force when the louver receives air flowing toward the air outlet.

6. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding member is integrally formed on the second wall.

7. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 6 , wherein
the holding member is molded with the second wall.

8. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 6 , wherein
the holding member is formed by punching the second wall.

9. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding member is separately formed with the second wall.

10. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit according to claim 9 , wherein
the holding member is glued on the second wall.

Assignees

• Denso Int America Inc

Inventors

• Blowytsky Alexander

Classifications

• B60H2001/00714

  Details of seals of damper doors · CPC title

• B60H2001/00707

  Details of pivots of damper doors · CPC title

• B60H2001/00092

  of air deflecting or air directing means inside the device · CPC title

• B60H1/00564

  of air ducts · CPC title

• B60H1/00678 Primary

  the axis of rotation being in the door plane, e.g. butterfly doors · CPC title