Patent ID: 6253841
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
An air conditioner for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, said air conditioner comprising:a case for forming an air passage through which air flows, said case having a defroster opening from which air is blown toward an inner surface of a windshield of the vehicle and a foot opening from which air is blown toward a lower side of the passenger compartment;a heating heat exchanger for heating the air disposed in said case;a partition member for partitioning said air passage into a first air passage through which outside air is blown toward said defroster opening and a second air passage through which inside air is blown toward said foot opening during an inside/outside air double flow mode in which both the inside air and the outside air is introduced into said air passage;an inside/outside air switching member for setting the inside/outside air double flow mode, said inside/outside air switching member including a first inside/outside air switching door for switching between the inside air and the outside air to be introduced into said first air passage, and a second inside/outside air switching door for switching between the inside air and the outside air to be introduced into said second air passage;an air outlet mode switching member for opening and closing said foot opening and said defroster opening;an operation panel disposed in the passenger compartment to be operated by a passenger, said operation panel including an air outlet mode operation member for operating said air outlet mode switching member, and an inside/outside air mode operation member for operating said first inside/outside air switching door, wherein said second inside/outside air switching door is operated with an operation of said air outlet mode operation member so that the inside air is introduced into said second air passage, when an air outlet mode in which air is blown from both said foot opening and said defroster opening is selected by said air outlet mode operation member.