Patent ID: 7942192
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. A vehicular air conditioner comprising: an air conditioning unit disposed substantially in an inside middle portion of an instrument panel in a widthwise direction of a vehicle body, also including a dash panel, said air conditioning unit including a casing; an air blowing unit disposed to a front-passenger's side of the air conditioning unit; an intermediate duct for ducting an air from the air blowing unit to the air conditioning unit; a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger disposed in the air conditioning unit; cooler pipes connected to the cooling heat exchanger and heater pipes connected to the heating heat exchanger are arranged to extend from the same side of the air conditioning unit in the widthwise direction of the vehicle; a space provided under the cooling heat exchanger in the casing into which air from the intermediate duct is introduced; a drain part having a drain passage integrally formed with a bottom wall part of the casing and projecting out from a side wall part of the air conditioning unit on the air blowing unit side, with a downstream portion of the drain part extending toward the front of the vehicle body and an exit of the drain part being located closer to the front of the vehicle body than the intermediate duct; wherein the exit of the drain part is connected with a drain pipe extending toward a front portion of the vehicle body; a through hole formed in the dash panel of the vehicle body, wherein said drain pipe is inserted into said through hole; and wherein said air conditioner allows the air introduced from the intermediate duct into the air conditioning unit to pass through the cooling and heating heat exchangers disposed in the air conditioning unit to produce a conditioned air, said cooling heat exchanger is inclined downwardly toward a front portion of the vehicle body, said intermediate duct is provided between said blowing unit and said air conditioning unit and is connected to a lower side of said cooling heat exchanger, and said drain part is provided below said cooling exchanger.