Patent ID: 9694652
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60H

Claim:
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: an air conditioning case comprising a rear console duct which introduces air toward a rear console register, a defrost register through which air is discharged toward a front window, a face register through which air is discharged in a direction of a front passenger, and a foot register through which air is discharged in a foot direction of front and rear seats; and a door unit comprising a defrost door, a face door, and a foot door that are rotatably disposed in the air conditioning case and adjust a degree of openness of each of the defrost register, the face register, and the foot register, wherein an inlet of the rear console duct that is in fluid communication with the rear console register is located at a position where conditioned-air which passes through an evaporator and a heater core flows, wherein the inlet of the rear console is always opened such that the conditioned-air is always introduced into the rear console duct when the air conditioner is operated, wherein the inlet of the rear console duct is placed between a face duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the face register and a foot duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the foot register, wherein the air conditioning case further comprises a guide member that guides the conditioned-air to the rear console register through the rear console duct, the guide member is disposed between the rear console duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the rear console register and the face duct inlet that is in fluid communication with the face register, and the face door is configured in such a way that, when the face door makes a turning movement, an end of the face door selectively contacts the guide member.