Patent ID: 9381788
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B60H

Claim Text:
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle comprising: an air-conditioning case having an air inflow port formed on one side thereof and a plurality of air outflow ports formed on the other side thereof for discharging air which is introduced through the air inflow port; doors each having a gear shaft rotatably mounted inside the air-conditioning case and a plate member slidably mounted inside the air-conditioning case to control degree of opening of the air outflow ports or an air passageway inside the air-conditioning case, the gear shaft including gear portions, the plate member including lateral edge portions each of which is formed on at least one end portion of the plate member and the lateral edge portions each having a plurality of gear holes through the lateral edge portions in such a way as to be interlocked with the gear portions of the gear shaft; and separation preventing means formed on the lateral edge portion of the plate member preventing the gear portion interlocked with the gear holes of the lateral edge portion from being separated from the gear hole and guiding the gear portion to be smoothly interlocked with the gear holes, and wherein the separation preventing means is constructed of guide ribs respectively protruding from the lateral edge portions on each side of the gear holes along the lateral edge portion, and wherein, at end portions of the guide ribs, guide portions are formed that create an outwardly widening gap between the guide ribs of the rail portion respectively have guide portions, in which a gap between the guide ribs is widened outwardly, at an area of the lateral edge portion where the gear portion is assembled.