Vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8936069-B2
Application number	US-74757409-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2009
Priority date	May 29, 2008
Publication date	Jan 20, 2015
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit capable of improving the performance of a side demister in a foot mode where a DEF damper is set to a small degree of opening, and capable of securing window clearness of side window glass. In a vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit ( 1 ) that is configured so as to selectively blow out an air flow whose temperature has been regulated by an evaporator ( 4 ) and a heater ( 5 ) mounted in an air channel ( 3 ) from a DEF blowing channel ( 17 ), a face blowing channel ( 16 ), and a foot blowing channel ( 18 ), which are at downstream of the evaporator ( 4 ) and the heater ( 5 ), into a cabin by opening and closing a DEF damper ( 8 ), a face damper ( 7 ), and a foot damper ( 9 ), side demister channels ( 31 ) that guide the temperature-regulated air to the side window glass are provided at both side portions of the DEF blowing channel ( 17 ), and baffle ribs ( 36 ) that guide the temperature-regulated air to the side demister channels ( 31 ) are provided in the vicinity of both end portions of the DEF damper ( 8 ) that opens and closes the DEF blowing channel ( 17 ) and the side demister channels ( 31 ) simultaneously.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit comprising:
an evaporator configured to regulate temperature of an air flow;
a heater mounted in an air channel from a DEF blowing channel;
a face blowing channel;
a foot blowing channel provided downstream of the evaporator and the heater into a cabin by opening and closing a DEF damper;
a face damper;
a foot damper;
side demister channels provided at both side portions of the DEF blowing channel; and
baffle ribs provided in the vicinity of both end portions of the DEF damper that opens and closes the DEF blowing channel and the side demister channels simultaneously, wherein
the vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit selectively blows out the air flow, the side demister channels guide the temperature-regulated air to side window glass, and the baffle ribs guide the temperature-regulated air to the side demister channels; and the baffle ribs are provided at 50% of the width of the side demister channels from both end portions of the DEF damper in a direction orthogonal to axis of rotation of the DEF damper.

2. The vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle ribs have a function of guiding the temperature-regulated air flowing in the width direction of the DEF damper to the side demister channels from a gap between both end portions of the DEF damper and a unit case, when the DEF damper is set to a small degree of opening in a foot mode where the foot damper is opened and the temperature-regulated air is blown out from the foot blowing channel.

3. The vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle ribs are provided on a sealing surface-side surface of the DEF damper in an upright position.

4. The vehicle heating ventilation and air conditioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle ribs are integrally molded with the DEF damper with resin material.

Assignees

• Chikagawa Noriyuki
• Izawa Tomoki
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Chikagawa Noriyuki
• Izawa Tomoki

Classifications

• B60H1/00028 Primary

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

• B60H1/00678

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

• B60H2001/00185

  Distribution of conditionned air · CPC title

• B60H2001/00092

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