Patent ID: 9248719
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B60H

Claim Text:
1. A dual zone type air conditioner for vehicles, which includes: an air-conditioning case having an air inflow port formed on an inlet thereof, a plurality of air outflow ports mounted on an outlet thereof, and air passageways formed therein to communicate the air inflow port and the air outflow ports with each other; an evaporator and a heater core spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval and mounted on the air passageways of the air-conditioning case; a partition wall for partitioning a downstream side air passageways of the evaporator into right and left air passageways; and a blower mounted on the air inflow port of the air-conditioning case, wherein an outlet of the blower is connected to the air inflow port; a sealing wall horizontally mounted inside the air inflow port perpendicular to an auxiliary partition wall to thereby partition the inside of the air inflow port into upper and lower portions; a pair of air volume controlling doors respectively mounted at an area of the sealing wall in the upper and lower portions of the air inflow port, wherein the sealing wall is positioned between the pair of volume controlling doors, the air volume controlling doors being independently operated from each other and independently capable of swinging right and left; the auxiliary partition wall formed perpendicularly to the sealing wall between the air volume controlling doors and the evaporator to partition upstream side air passageway of the evaporator into right and left portions.