Patent ID: 8460073
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: an air conditioning case defining an air passage through which air flows to a vehicle compartment; and a heating heat exchanger configured to heat the air, the heating heat exchanger being arranged inside the air conditioning case, wherein the air passage includes: the second warm-air passage is arranged to reverse a flowing direction of the warm air from the warm-air bypass passage and to introduce the warm air into the air mixing chamber, and the first warm-air passage and the second warm-air passage are arranged such that the cool air flowing from the cool-air passage to the air mixing chamber is inserted between the warm air flowing in a first direction from the first warm-air passage and the warm air flowing in a second direction, opposite the first direction from the second warm-air passage, from two sides of the cool air in order to enhance mixing.