Patent ID: 9481227
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B60H

Claim Text:
1. An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an air conditioning housing having a discharge chamber through which conditioned air is discharged out of the air conditioning housing, the discharge chamber comprising, in a positional sequence from a front side to a rear side of the vehicle, a defrost vent, a main vent, a floor vent and a rear seat vent, wherein the floor vent comprises a pair of floor vents formed on opposite sides of a rear portion of the air conditioning housing behind the main vent, and the rear seat vent is formed between the pair of floor vents; and a mode door having a panel shape and sliding on the discharge chamber of the air conditioning housing, the mode door including: a front opening hole formed in a front portion of the mode door, the front opening hole having a linear shape; a pair of main opening holes formed in a rear portion of the mode door at positions spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; and a rear-end opening hole formed behind a first portion provided between the main opening holes, wherein a separation bar is provided in the defrost vent, the separation bar crossing the defrost vent in a lateral direction so that the defrost vent is partitioned into a front defrost vent portion and a rear defrost vent portion by the separation bar, wherein the mode door further includes a rear opening hole formed in the front portion of the mode door, the rear opening hole having a linear shape and being parallel to the front opening hole, and wherein when the air conditioning apparatus is in a main-floor mode, the front opening hole is blocked by an outer wall of the air conditioning housing and the rear opening hole is blocked by the separation bar so that a defrost air-conditioning operation is not conducted, the rear-end opening hole is matched with the rear seat vent so that a rear seat air-conditioning operation is conducted, the main opening holes are matched with the main vent so that a center air-conditioning operation is performed, and a lower edge of the mode door that is disposed adjacent to the main opening holes is disposed over the floor vent so that a floor air-conditioning operation is conducted.