Patent ID: 8113268
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B60H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An air conditioning assembly for an automotive vehicle comprising; a housing defining two air passages disposed in side by side relationship, a first sliding valve plate and a second sliding valve plate both supported by said housing for sliding movement across said air passages between a first position for closing one of said air passages and a second position for closing the other of said side by side air passages; and a driving mechanism supported by said housing for moving said first sliding valve plate from said first position to said second position while said second sliding valve plate remains in said first position and thereafter moving said second sliding valve plate from said first position to said second position while said first sliding valve plate remains in said second position, wherein said driving mechanism be configured to move the second sliding valve plate from said second position to said first position while said first sliding valve plate remains in said second position and thereafter moving said first sliding valve plate from said second position to said first position while second sliding valve plate remains in said first position.