Patent ID: 11912102
Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:
an air-conditioning case including an air passageway;
a heating heat exchanger disposed inside the air-conditioning case and exchanging heat with air to heat the interior of the vehicle;
an electric heater disposed at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger and having a plurality of perforated holes through which the air passing the heating heat exchanger passes; and
a front partition wall formed on a front surface of the electric heater and a rear partition wall formed on a rear surface of the electric heater opposite the front surface;
wherein a bridge unit is disposed between fixing portions of the at least one partition wall and the electric heater, wherein the bridge unit includes a first support part having a first component overlying the front partition wall and a second component at a right angle relative to the first component, and a second support part having a first component overlying the rear partition wall and a second component at a right angle relative to the first component; and
a connection part connecting the first support part and the second support part with each other and inserted and joined into a fixing part of the electric heater.