Vehicle rear console duct air flow

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9694652-B2
Application number	US-201313935738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 5, 2013
Priority date	Jan 8, 2013
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

Rear console duct air flow of an air conditioner for a vehicle is provided. An inlet of the rear console duct which is in fluid communication with a rear console register is located at a position where conditioned-air which passes through an evaporator and a heater core flows. The inlet of the rear console is always opened such that the conditioned-air is always introduced into the rear console duct when the air conditioner is operated. A guide member, which guides the conditioned-air to the rear console register through the rear console duct, is disposed between the rear console duct inlet and a face duct inlet that is in fluid communication with a face register. An end of a face door selectively contacts the guide member selectively contacts the guide member when the face door makes a turning movement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
an air conditioning case comprising a rear console duct which introduces air toward a rear console register, a defrost register through which air is discharged toward a front window, a face register through which air is discharged in a direction of a front passenger, and a foot register through which air is discharged in a foot direction of front and rear seats; and
a door unit comprising a defrost door, a face door, and a foot door that are rotatably disposed in the air conditioning case and adjust a degree of openness of each of the defrost register, the face register, and the foot register,
wherein an inlet of the rear console duct that is in fluid communication with the rear console register is located at a position where conditioned-air which passes through an evaporator and a heater core flows, wherein the inlet of the rear console is always opened such that the conditioned-air is always introduced into the rear console duct when the air conditioner is operated,
wherein the inlet of the rear console duct is placed between a face duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the face register and a foot duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the foot register,
wherein the air conditioning case further comprises a guide member that guides the conditioned-air to the rear console register through the rear console duct,
the guide member is disposed between the rear console duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the rear console register and the face duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the face register, and the face door is configured in such a way that, when the face door makes a turning movement, an end of the face door selectively contacts the guide member.

2. The air conditioner for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein all of the defrost door, the face door, and the foot door are configured to be closed in a first operation mode so that the conditioned-air is discharged only toward the rear console register through the rear console duct in the first operation mode.

3. The air conditioner for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the guide member comprises a contact protrusion that protrudes from the guide member and is provided at one side contacting the face door so as to maintain an airtight state with the face door and to restrict the turning movement of the face door.

4. The air conditioner for the vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the air conditioning case further comprises a guide protrusion that is provided at the inlet of the rear console duct facing the guide member and guides air to the rear console register.

Assignees

• Doowon Climate Control Co Ltd

Inventors

• An Byung Guk
• Choi Joon Hong

Classifications

• B60H2001/002

  to front and rear part of passenger compartment · CPC title

• B60H1/00064 Primary

  for sending air streams of different temperatures into the passenger compartment · CPC title

• B60H1/244

  located in the rear area · CPC title

• B60H1/3414 Primary

  with means for adjusting the air stream direction (B60H1/345 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60H1/247

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