Patent ID: 6640568
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B60H,F25B,F28D

Abstract:
An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising:an evaporator for cooling air passing therethrough by performing heat exchange with refrigerant flowing therein, the evaporator having a core portion for performing the heat exchange and a tank for distributing refrigerant into and for collecting refrigerant from the core portion; a temperature detector for detecting a temperature of the evaporator, the temperature detector being disposed on the tank; an air conditioning case defining an air passage through which air flows into a passenger compartment of the vehicle, wherein: the evaporator is disposed in the air conditioning case to approximately cross an entire sectional area of the air passage; and the temperature detector is disposed between a tank surface of the tank of the evaporator and the air conditioning case in a direction perpendicular to a flow direction of air gassing through the evaporator.