Patent ID: 7891409
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle equipped with an air-conditioning unit disposed under a steering member support part, which includes a blower, an evaporator and a heater core disposed substantially along a longitudinal direction inside a unit case, with said evaporator disposed on the front side along a frontward/rearward direction relative to the vehicle body, said heater core disposed on the rear side along the frontward/rearward direction relative to the vehicle body, a vent opening to communicate with a vent outlet port in an instrument panel formed inside a vehicle cabin and facing away from a windshield of the vehicle and a defrost opening to communicate with a defrost outlet port formed inside the vehicle cabin facing toward the windshield, both openings formed at said unit case, said vent opening and said vent outlet port made to communicate with each other via a vent duct and said defrost opening and the defrost outlet port made to communicate with each other via a defrost duct, wherein said vent opening assumes a position further frontward than said steering member support part along the frontward/rearward direction relative to the vehicle body; and wherein said defrost opening assumes a position further rearward than said steering member support part along the frontward/rearward direction relative to the vehicle body.