Patent ID: 7201220
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air-conditioner in combination with a vehicle comprising: a blower including a fan and a fan casing for accommodating the fan to constitute an air path, and supplying air to a compartment; an air-conditioner casing constituting a path for air supplied from the blower; a cooling unit arranged in the air-conditioner casing for cooling the air supplied into the compartment; a heating unit arranged in the air-conditioner casing for heating the air supplied into the compartment; air flow-rate adjusting means for adjusting a flow rate of air supplied to the cooling unit and a flow rate of air supplied to the heating unit; and an air mixing chamber for mixing cool air cooled by the cooling unit and hot air heated by the heating unit; wherein the air flow-rate adjusting means adjusts the flow rate of the air supplied to the cooling unit and the flow rate of the air supplied to the heating unit, by changing a position of the fan casing and thereby changing a flow direction of air discharged from the blower to a predetermined direction; the cooling inlet of the cooling unit and a heating inlet of the heating unit are arranged in parallel with each other in such a manner as to partially encircle the blower; the air-conditioner casing is installed on a front side in a trunk compartment behind a rear seat of the vehicle in such a manner that an inclined portion of the air-conditioner casing is arranged on a front side of the air-conditioner casing in a vehicle longitudinal direction and extends along a backrest of the rear seat; the blower is arranged at a rear upper side of the vehicle in the air-conditioner casing; the blower is arranged in such a manner that an axial direction of a rotating shaft of the fan extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle; the cooling unit is arranged substantially horizontally and directly below the rotating shaft of the fan; the heating unit is arranged substantially vertically at a front side of the vehicle with respect to the blower so as to be located close to an end of the cooling unit; and the air mixing chamber is arranged at a front lower side of the vehicle in the air-conditioner casing.