Patent ID: 6431257
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:a blower fan; a cooling heat exchanger; a heating heat exchanger; and a unit case enclosing the blower fan, the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger, and defining, in the unit case, an air conditioning passage for conveying air from the blower fan through the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger, to an upper outlet opening, the air conditioning passage comprising an upstream passage section extending downward on a first side of the blower fan to convey the air from the blower fan downward, an intermediate passage section extending under the blower fan in a first direction from the first side to a second side of the blower fan, and a downstream passage section extending upward on the second side of the blower fan to the upper outlet opening for directing the air over the blower fan in a second direction from the second side toward the first side, wherein the downstream passage section comprises an upper outlet subsection extending to the upper outlet opening, and the upper outlet subsection is so bent as to direct the air through the upper outlet opening along the second direction from the second side toward the first side of the blower fan.