Patent ID: 7048036
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: a case including an air passage along which air that is blown through a blower unit flows; and an evaporator and a heater core, which are arranged in the air passage, wherein the air passage includes a first passage which guides a portion of the air from the blower unit to flow through a first cooling portion of the evaporator, a second passage, which guides the remaining portion of the air from the blower unit to bypass the first cooling portion of the evaporator, an air mixing portion in which the air passed through the first passage and the air passed through the second passage flow together, and a third passage, which is connected to the air mixing portion and guides the air passed through the air mixing portion to flow through a second cooling portion of the evaporator.