Patent ID: 6397942
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle having a passenger compartment an inner side plate for defining the passenger compartment, and an outer side plate disposed outside the inner side plate, said air conditioning apparatus comprising:a rear air-conditioning unit for controlling a temperature of air blown toward a rear seat side in the passenger compartment, wherein: said rear air-conditioning unit includes a rear case for forming a rear air passage, said rear case having a rear face opening for blowing air toward an upper portion of the rear side in the passenger compartment, and a rear foot opening for blowing air toward a lower portion of the rear seat side in the passenger compartment a a rear blower unit for blowing air into said rear air passage, a rear cooling heat exchanger for cooling air flowing through said rear air passage, a rear heating heat exchanger for heating air having passed through said rear cooling heat exchanger by performing heat-exchange between air and hot water flowing therethrough, a flow control valve for adjusting a flow rate of hot water flowing into said rear heating heat exchanger, and a rear mode switching door which slides and reciprocates approximately horizontally to open and close said rear face opening and said rear foot opening; said rear cooling heat exchanger is disposed approximately horizontally in said rear case; said rear heating heat exchanger is disposed at an upper side of said rear cooling heat exchanger approximately horizontally in said rear case; said rear face opening and said rear foot opening are provided at an upper side of said rear heating heat exchanger; said rear face opening, said rear foot opening and said rear blower unit are arranged in a vehicle front-rear direction; and said rear air-conditioning unit is disposed in a space between the inner side plate and the outer side plate.