Patent ID: 11858310
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 2:
3. An air conditioner for a vehicle comprising:
a case having an air passage through which air flows into a cabin;
a heat exchanger having a core portion in which heat is exchanged between the air and a heat medium flowing inside, the core portion being arranged so as to cross the air passage;
a support portion provided in the case to support a lower portion of the heat exchanger; and
a cushioning material interposed between the lower portion of the heat exchanger and the support portion, wherein
the lower portion of the heat exchanger has a pipe side adjacent to an inflow pipe or an outflow pipe for the heat medium and an opposite-to-pipe side located on an opposite side of the pipe side,
the support portion includes
a pipe side support that supports the pipe side, and
an opposite-to-pipe side support that supports the opposite-to-pipe side,
a surface area of the opposite-to-pipe side support of the support portion in contact with the cushioning material is larger than that of the pipe side support of the support portion,
the pipe side support comprises a pipe side rib protruding from the case,
the opposite-to-pipe side support is integrally provided with an opposite-to-pipe side rib protruding from the case, and has a support surface in contact with the cushioning material and intersecting the opposite-to-pipe side rib,
the opposite-to-pipe side support has a surface area larger than a contact area of the support surface in contact with the cushioning material,
the pipe side support is one of a plurality of pipe side supports arranged at an interval along a side surface of the lower portion of the heat exchanger adjacent to the inflow pipe or the outflow pipe, and
the opposite-to-pipe side support is one of a plurality of opposite-to-pipe side supports arranged at an interval along a side surface of the lower portion of the heat exchanger adjacent to the opposite-to-pipe side.