Door structure for air conditioner of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016152113-A1
Application number	US-201514680952-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 7, 2015
Priority date	Nov 27, 2014
Publication date	Jun 2, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A door structure for an air conditioner of a vehicle includes an indoor/outdoor air door having a dome shape. An outdoor air door has a plate shape and adjusts the amount of outdoor air introduced into the vehicle. First and second counter-flow preventing ribs are disposed vertically between the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door and the plate shaped outdoor air door. The first counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to a first hinge which is connected to one end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. The second counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to be close to another end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. An air conditioning filter is disposed below the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door, the plate shaped outdoor air door, and the first and second counter-flow preventing ribs and filters the introduced indoor air or outdoor air.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A door structure for an air conditioner of a vehicle, which adjusts an amount of introduced outdoor air or an amount of introduced indoor air, comprising:
an indoor/outdoor air door having a dome shape and adjusting the amount of indoor air introduced into the vehicle and the amount of outdoor air introduced into the vehicle; an outdoor air door having a plate shape and adjusting the amount of outdoor air introduced into the vehicle; first and second counter-flow preventing ribs disposed vertically between the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door and the plate shaped outdoor air door, the first counter-flow preventing rib mounted to a first hinge which is connected to one end of the plate shaped outdoor air door and the second counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to be close to another end of the plate shaped outdoor air door; and an air conditioning filter disposed below the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door, the plate shaped outdoor air door, and the first and second counter-flow preventing ribs, the air conditioning filter filtering the introduced indoor air or outdoor air.

2 . The door structure of claim 1 , wherein when the vehicle runs at a high speed of a reference value or more in a state in which the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door is fully opened and the plate shaped outdoor air door is partially opened such that the vehicle is in an outdoor air counter-flow condition, the plate shaped outdoor air door is fully open.

3 . The door structure of claim 1 , wherein the air conditioning filter includes a filter cover spaced apart from the second counter-flow preventing rib by a predetermined interval.

4 . The door structure of claim 1 , further comprising a case having a concaved portion at a right side of the air conditioning filter, such that the right side of the air conditioning filter is partially inserted into the case by a predetermined width.

5 . The door structure of claim 1 , wherein the air conditioning filter comprises:
a filter insertion guide supporting a lower end thereof and a filter assembling guide supporting another end thereof; and a filter cover mounted to the filter insertion guide and the filter assembling guide and covering the air conditioning filter.

6 . The door structure of claim 1 , wherein the amount of indoor air and the amount of outdoor air are introduced into the vehicle at a mixed ratio of 65:35.

7 . The door structure of claim 6 , wherein the first counter-flow preventing rib is disposed to be offset by 15% from a middle point of the air conditioning filter.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Halla Visteon Climate Control

Inventors

• Kim Yong Chul
• Kang Su Yeon
• Heo Jae Won
• Park Sung Hae
• Choi Jae Sik
• Kim Hak Kyu
• Lee Jung Jae
• Lee Sang Ki

Classifications

• B60H1/247

  Disposition of several air-diffusers in a vehicle for ventilation-air circulation in a vehicle cabin · CPC title

• B60H1/00564 Primary

  of air ducts · CPC title

• B60H1/26

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

• B60H2001/00085

  of air intake · CPC title

• B60H1/00849 Primary

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