Patent ID: 6609389
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
An air conditioner of a motor vehicle, comprising:a casing including an air intake opening, an evaporator chamber, a full-passage, a bypass-passage and an air-mix chamber, each of said full-passage and said bypass-passage extending from said evaporator chamber to said air-mix chamber independently; a housing having a downwardly curved upper wall which is incorporated with said casing to cover said air-mix chamber, said downwardly curved upper wall having first, second and third outlet openings which are adapted to communicate with given portions of a passenger room of the vehicle respectively; an air flow producing device which forces air into said evaporator chamber from said air intake opening; an air-mix door movably installed in said casing to selectively open and close said full-passage and said bypass-passage; an evaporator installed in said evaporator chamber; a heater core installed in said full-passage; and a slide door assembly mounted below said downwardly curved upper wall of said housing, said slide door assembly including first and second slide doors which are arranged to vary the open area of the first, second and third outlet openings in cooperation with each other, wherein said evaporator is larger than said heater core in size, wherein said evaporator and said heater core are positioned in said casing in a generally parallel arrangement, and wherein said full-passage includes, at a downstream end thereof, an air guide by which air from said heater core is guided toward an upstream part of said air-mix chamber.