Patent ID: 8074709
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
1. A center mounting type air conditioner for a vehicle comprising: a vehicle having an upper part and lower part; a blower having a scroll case, which has an inlet and an outlet, an intake duct mounted at the inlet of the scroll case and having an indoor air intake port and an outdoor air intake port, the indoor air intake port and the outdoor air intake port being adjusted in their opening by an intake door, a dual blower wheel rotatably mounted inside the scroll case and having first and second wheels for sucking and blowing air bi-directionally, and a motor for rotating the dual blower wheel; an air conditioning case having an upper part parallel to said upper part of said vehicle, an inlet and outlet, the inlet being connected to the outlet of the scroll case, the outlet having a number of air vents which are respectively adjusted in their opening by doors, an evaporator and a heater core being mounted inside the air conditioning case; and a bypass passageway enclosed within a gap between a cut-off area where a scroll part and the outlet of the scroll case meet together and the air conditioning case in which the upper part of the evaporator is positioned, wherein said bypass passageway is configured to receive and bypass said first wheel some of the air from said intake duct located upstream of said inlet of said air conditioner case and wherein said bypassed air is then sucked toward the second wheel of the dual blower wheel, to which the motor is connected; and wherein the scroll case is arranged on and is connected to the upper part of the air conditioning case.