Patent ID: 6644559
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
An air conditioner for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, the air conditioner comprising:an air conditioning case, having a wall surface extending in a vehicle width direction, for defining an air passage, the wall surface having an air opening portion at an upper side position, from which air in the air conditioning case is taken out toward a lower side in the passenger compartment; a heating heat exchanger for heating air, the heating heat exchanger being disposed in the air conditioning case to heat air to be blown into the air opening portion; and an air duct defining a foot passage through which air from the air opening portion flows toward the lower side of the passenger compartment, wherein: the air duct is connected to the wall surface at the air opening portion to communicate with the air opening portion, and has right and left tilt portions that extend downwardly to be tilted toward right and left sides in the vehicle width direction; the right and left tilt portions have lower end openings used as foot air outlets from which air introduced into the air duct is blown toward the lower side in the passenger compartment; and the air duct has an approximate reverse V shape such that the right and left tilt portions extend from the air opening portion of the wall surface downwardly to be tilted toward the right and left sides in the vehicle width direction.