Patent ID: 8887797
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. An air-conditioner for a vehicle, comprising: a casing including an upper outlet; an evaporator and a heater core installed, sequentially, in a front portion and a rear portion of the casing; a partition wall partitioning an internal space behind the heater core into an upper space and a lower space; a floor duct coupled to each of opposite sides of the upper space in such a way as to laterally communicate with the upper space, wherein the floor duct includes a front floor duct and a rear floor duct; and a floor door installed in a side space of the partition wall in a flow passage formed among the upper outlet, the upper space, and the lower space, wherein the floor door selectively opens a flowing path fluid-connecting the evaporator and the heating core to the upper space, or to the upper outlet, or to both of the upper space and the upper outlet, and wherein the floor door is in an inlet side of the upper space and in an inlet side of the upper outlet to allow air to flow from the evaporator and the heater core to the upper space or to the upper outlet; and a rear floor door provided between front and rear floor duct inlets in the upper space to open or close the rear floor duct inlet, and wherein the front floor duct communicates with the front floor duct inlet and the rear floor duct communicates with the rear floor duct inlet.