Blower unit of air conditioner for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11077737-B2
Application number	US-201916380673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2019
Priority date	Apr 11, 2018
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle which allows one actuator to drive two doors in a structure in which at least two doors are provided in an intake duct is disclosed. The blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle includes an intake duct including an internal air inlet through which internal air is introduced and an external air inlet through which external air is introduced, a first door configured to adjust an opening amount of a part of the external air inlet and an opening amount of the internal air inlet, and a second door configured to adjust an opening amount of the remaining part of the external air inlet, wherein the first door and the second door are linked and driven together.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle which includes an intake duct including an internal air inlet through which internal air is introduced and an external air inlet through which external air is introduced, the blower unit comprising:
a first door configured to adjust an opening amount of a part of the external air inlet and an opening amount of the internal air inlet;
a second door configured to adjust an opening amount of a remaining part of the external air inlet, and
a cam configured to drive the first door linked with the second door;
wherein the first door and the second door are linked and driven together;
wherein the cam includes a first slot configured to guide a pin of a first arm connected to a rotating shaft of the first door in a sliding manner and a second slot configured to guide a pin of a second arm connected to a rotating shaft of the second door in a sliding manner;
wherein the first slot includes a driving section for the first door and an idling section for the first door;
wherein the second slot includes an idling section for the second door and a driving section for the second door;
wherein when the guide pin of the first arm is in the idling section for the first door, the first door is not rotatable;
wherein when the guide pin of the second arm is in the driving section for the second door, the second door is rotatable;
wherein when the guide pin of the first arm is in the driving section for the first door, the first door is rotatable, and
wherein when the guide pin of the second arm is in the idling section for the second door, the second door is not rotatable.

2. The blower unit of claim 1 , wherein, in the driving section for the first door, the first door forms an open-close state in which the internal air inlet and the part external air inlet are opened or closed.

3. The blower unit of claim 1 , wherein, in the driving section for the second door, the second door forms a multistage adjustment state in which the remaining part of the external air inlet is opened or closed in stages.

4. The blower unit of claim 1 , wherein the idling section for the first door and the idling section for the second door are disposed adjacent to each other, and
the driving section for the first door and the driving section for the second door are disposed farthest apart from each other.

5. The blower unit of claim 1 , wherein the driving section of for the first door and the idling section for the second door are linked and driven together, and
the idling section for the first door and the driving section for the second door are linked and driven together.

6. The blower unit of claim 1 , wherein the first slot and the second slot extend along a perimeter of an edge of the cam, and
the driving section for the first door, the idling section for the first door, the idling section for the second door, and the driving section for the second door are sequentially disposed.

7. The blower unit of claim 1 , wherein the first slot having a curved section formed on a boundary between the driving section and the idling section for the first door such that curvature of the first slot changes between the driving section and the idling section for the first door; and the second slot having a curved section formed on a boundary between the driving section and the idling section for the second door such that curvature of the second slot changes between the driving section and the idling section for the second door.

8. A blower unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle which includes an intake duct including a first internal air inlet and a second internal air inlet through which internal air is introduced and an external air inlet through which external air is introduced, the blower unit comprising:
a first door configured to adjust an opening amount of a part of the external air inlet and an opening amount of the first internal air inlet; and
a second door configured to adjust an opening amount of a remaining part of the external air inlet and an opening amount of the second internal air inlet,
wherein the first door and the second door are linked and driven together;
a cam having a first slot and a second slot;
the first slot configured to guide a pin of a first arm connected to a rotating shaft of the first door in a sliding manner; and
the second slot configured to guide a pin of a second arm connected to a rotating shaft of the second door in a sliding manner.

9. The blower unit of claim 8 , wherein the first slot is divided into a driving section for the first door and an idling section for the first door, and
the second slot is divided into an idling section for the first door and a driving section for the second door;
wherein when the guide pin of the first arm is in the idling section for the first door, the first door is not rotatable;
wherein when the guide pin of the second arm is in the driving section for the second door, the second door is rotatable;
wherein when the guide pin of the first arm is in the driving section for the first door, the first door is rotatable, and
wherein when the guide pin of the second arm is in the idling section for the second door, the second door is not rotatable.

10. The blower unit of claim 9 , wherein the first slot having a curved section formed on a boundary between the driving section and the idling section for the first door such that curvature of the first slot changes between the driving section and the idling section for the first door; and the second slot having a curved section formed on a boundary between the driving section and the idling section for the second door such that curvature of the second slot changes between the driving section and the idling section for the second door.

11. The blower unit of claim 10 , wherein an amount of change in curvature of the first slot is different from an amount of change in curvature of the second slot.

12. The blower unit of claim 10 , wherein a curvature of the idling section of the first slot is less than a curvature of the idling section of the second slot.

13. The blower unit of claim 9 , wherein, when the cam rotates, the first door and the second door are rotated together, and the first door and the second door open or close the first internal air inlet, the second internal air inlet, and the external air inlet to switch among an internal air mode, a semi-external air mode, and an external air mode.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Lee Seung Ho

Classifications

• B60H1/00028 Primary

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

• B60H2001/00092

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

• B60H1/00849

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

• B60H1/00857

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

• B60H1/26

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