Patent ID: 6616523
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
A vehicle air conditioner comprising:an air duct provided on a ceiling of a vehicle and having an air inlet portion for introducing air into said air duct; a plurality of air emission port sections provided on a underside of said air duct for emitting the air from said air duct toward respective rear seats of the vehicle; an air-accumulating chamber disposed in said air duct communicating with said air inlet portion and said air emission port sections so that the air introduced via the air inlet portion is temporarily accumulated in the air-accumulating chamber before it is emitted through said air emission port sections, said air-accumulating chamber having a non-branched configuration and located substantially centrally in a widthwise direction of the vehicle, said air-accumulating chamber extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle from a rear end portion to a near-center portion of the ceiling; and a single air distribution member for distributing the air to be delivered from said air inlet portion, through said air-accumulating chamber, to said air emission port sections, wherein the air distribution member has a plate shape and is disposed in the air-accumulating chamber adjacent to the air inlet portion so as to distribute the air such that the air is accumulated in the air accumulating chamber to assume a substantially uniform pressure distribution and can be emitted through the air emission port section in generally uniform volumes.