Patent ID: 6958009
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle air conditioner comprising: a blower unit that blows air toward a passenger compartment; a heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the air blown by the blower unit; a first outlet through which the air passed through the heat exchanger is blown toward a first space of the passenger compartment; a second outlet through which the air passed through the heat exchanger is blown toward a second space of the passenger compartment; an outside air inlet from which outside air is sucked into an upstream side of the blower unit; and changing means for changing a connection of the second outlet to one of the upstream side of the blower unit and a downstream side of the heat exchanger; wherein: the blower unit and the heat exchanger are disposed adjacent to each other to be a single assembled component, the outside air inlet is closed and the changing means connects between the second outlet and the upstream side of the blower unit and disconnects between the second outlet and the downstream side of the heat exchanger during an inside air suction mode where inside air is sucked into the upstream side of the blower unit, and the outside air inlet is opened and the changing means connects between the second outlet and the downstream side of the heat exchanger and disconnects between the second outlet and the upstream side of the blower unit during an outside air suction mode where the outside air is sucked into the upstream side of the blower unit.