Patent ID: 7377121
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: a cooling heat exchanger which cools air passing therethrough; and an air conditioning case in which the cooling heat exchanger is arranged to be slanted, the air conditioning case having an air introducing port from which air is introduced in an air introducing direction from a side of the cooling heat exchanger to a space under the cooling heat exchanger, wherein, the air conditioning case includes a flow turning portion by which air introduced from the air introducing port into the space under the cooling heat exchanger is turned and flows through the cooling heat exchanger upwardly, and the cooling heat exchanger is slanted to have an upper end portion and a lower end portion approximately parallel to the air introducing direction, the air conditioner further comprising a plate member arranged in the air conditioning case at a position under the lower end portion of the cooling heat exchanger, wherein the plate member has a plate surface, which crosses with the air introducing direction to reduce a flow speed of air; a blower for blowing air, the air conditioning case including a blower containing portion for accommodating the blower; the blower containing portion including an air blowing outlet from which air is blown out to the air introducing port, the air blowing outlet being located at a side of the air conditioning case where the plate member is arranged, under the lower end portion of the cooling heat exchanger.