Patent ID: 6019162
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: B60H,F28D

Abstract:
An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, comprising:a first case;a blower, disposed in said first case, for blowing air toward the passenger compartment;a second case for forming an air passage, said second case being disposed at a side of said first case to form a space having a predetermined distance therebetween;a cooling heat exchanger for cooling air in said air passage, said cooling heat exchanger being disposed in said second case approximately horizontally at a side of said blower;a heating heat exchanger for heating air from said cooling heat exchanger, said heating heat exchanger being disposed in said second case approximately horizontally at an upper side of said cooling heat exchanger;a mode switching unit, disposed at a downstream air side of said heating heat exchanger, for switching a blowing-direction toward the passenger compartment of air which is heated in said heating heat exchanger to have a predetermined temperature; anda middle duct disposed between said first case and said second case to be detachably connected to said first case and said second case, in such a manner that air blown by said blower is introduced into said cooling heat exchanger through said middle duct,wherein second case has a first opening portion through which said cooling heat exchanger is detached from said second case to the space between said first case and said second case by a detachment of said middle duct from said first and second cases.