Air conditioning device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10464390-B2
Application number	US-201515509872-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2015
Priority date	Oct 1, 2014
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

An air conditioning device for a vehicle has an air-conditioning case, a heater core, a first air mix door, a second air mix door, and an actuator. The air-conditioning case therein has a first air passage and a second air passage. The first air mix door and the second air mix door are arranged in the first air passage and the second air passage respectively, and adjust a ratio between a flow rate of air passing through the heater core and a flow rate of air bypassing the heater core by an opening/closing operation. The actuator interlocks the opening/closing operations of the first air mix door and the second air mix door such that opening degrees of the first air mix door and the second air mix door are different from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioning device for a vehicle comprising:
an air-conditioning case that therein has a first air passage and a second air passage;
a heater core that heats air flowing through each of the first air passage and the second air passage;
a first air mix door that is arranged in the first air passage and adjusts a ratio between a flow rate of air passing through the heater core and a flow rate of air bypassing the heater core by an opening/closing operation;
a second air mix door that is arranged in the second air passage and adjusts a ratio between a flow rate of air passing through the heater core and a flow rate of air bypassing the heater core in the second air passage by an opening/closing operation; and
an actuator that interlocks the opening/closing operations of the first air mix door and the second air mix door such that opening degrees of the first air mix door and the second air mix door are different from each other, wherein
the actuator has:
a first rotation member that opens or closes the first air mix door by a rotating operation;
a second rotation member that opens or closes the second air mix door by a rotating operation;
a coupling member that couples the first rotation member and the second rotation member with each other; and
a motor that transmits power to the first rotation member, the second rotation member, or the coupling member,

the first rotation member is a first gear,
the second rotation member is a second gear,
the coupling member is a rack gear that is engaged with both the first gear and the second gear,
each of the first gear and the second gear has a non-circular gear portion,
the rack gear has
a first gear surface that has a curved shape and is engaged with the non-circular gear portion of the first gear and
a second gear surface that has a curved shape and is engaged with the non-circular gear portion of the second gear, and

an engagement position in which the first gear is engaged with the first gear surface is different from an engagement position in which the second gear is engaged with the second gear surface.

2. The air conditioning device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when a fully closed condition is defined as a condition in which the first air mix door and the second air mix door are at an opening degree that maximizes the flow rate of the air bypassing the heater core,
the first gear is engaged with the rack gear such that an outside diameter of a portion engaged with the rack gear decreases as the first air mix door located at the opening degree setting the fully closed condition moves in a direction that the flow rate of the air passing through the heater core increases, and
the second gear is engaged with the rack gear such that an outside diameter of a portion engaged with the rack gear increases as the second air mix door located at the opening degree setting the fully closed condition moves in a direction that the flow rate of the air passing through the heater core increases.

3. The air conditioning device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when a fully open condition is defined as a condition in which the first air mix door and the second air mix door are at an opening degree that maximizes the flow rate of the air passing through the heater core,
the first gear is engaged with the rack gear such that an outside diameter of a portion engaged with the rack gear increases as the first air mix door located at the opening degree setting the fully open condition moves in a direction that the flow rate of the air bypassing the heater core increases, and
the second gear is engaged with the rack gear such that an outside diameter of a portion engaged with the rack gear decreases as the first air mix door located at the opening degree setting the fully open condition moves in a direction that the flow rate of the air bypassing the heater core increases.

4. The air conditioning device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the actuator further has a guide member that guides the rack gear such that a state in which the first gear and the second gear are engaged is held when the rack gear is moved.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Sekito Yasuhiro
• Kato Shinya

Classifications

• B60H1/00057 Primary

  the air being heated and cooled simultaneously, e.g. using parallel heat exchangers · CPC title

• B60H1/00671

  Damper doors moved by rotation; Grilles · CPC title

• B60H1/00842

  the system comprising a plurality of damper doors; Air distribution between several outlets · CPC title

• B60H1/00857

  characterised by the means connecting the initiating means, e.g. control lever, to the damper door · CPC title

• B60H1/00564

  of air ducts · CPC title