Patent ID: 6382518
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
An air conditioner for a vehicle having a passenger compartment, comprising:an air conditioning case for defining an air passage through which air is blown toward the passenger compartment, said air conditioning case having; a center face opening through which air is blown toward a center upper side of the passenger compartment in a vehicle right-left direction, a side face opening through which air is blown toward a side upper side of the passenger compartment in the vehicle right-left direction or a side windshield of the vehicle, and an air opening provided separately from said center face opening and said side face opening, said air opening being positioned in an arrangement direction with respect to said center face opening; a heat exchanger disposed in said air conditioning case, for performing a heat exchange between air passing therethrough and a fluid flowing therein; a temperature adjustment unit for adjusting temperature of air blown into the passenger compartment, by controlling a heat-exchanging amount of air passing through said heat exchanger; and a mode switching unit, disposed at a downstream air side of said temperature adjustment unit, for opening and closing said center face opening, wherein, at least a part of said side face opening is positioned within a width dimension of said center face opening, said width dimension being perpendicular to said arrangement direction of said center face opening and said air opening; and said side face opening is provided between said center face opening and said air opening in the arrangement direction of said center face opening and said air opening.