Patent ID: 6019288
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
A heating or air conditioning unit for an interior of a vehicle having air outlets, which are disposed in a center plane of the interior and which include at least one centrally disposed center vent and two side vents disposed at the side which are connected over air ducts with an air distributor, and which further includes a control unit which has adjusting elements for influencing air emerging from the air outlets, said adjusting elements, together with a discharging opening of the center vent being combined into a control panel, wherein said air ducts leading to the side vents are branched off from the air duct leading to the at least one center vent, and further wherein an air splitter for dividing the air flow, passing through the center duct between the at least one center vent and the two side vents is disposed at each branching site, and wherein the control unit has two air distribution adjusting elements which are disposed on the control panel, accessible by a driver, near the center vent, each of which directly controls a respective air splitter;whereby the driver can effect air flow distribution between a respective side vent and the at least one center vent on both sides of the vehicle.