Patent ID: 6482081
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
Installation for heating/ventilating or for air-conditioning of the passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising a casing (6, 40) containing means for treating an airflow to be sent into the passenger compartment, said means including at least one first source (5) of conditioned air and changeover-switching elements (18, 19, 20, 26, 29, 32, 52) controlled in such a way as to define variable paths for said airflow between at least one inlet and various outlets associated with respective regions of passenger compartment, the casing defining a first mixing region (14) linked to at least one (27, 30) of said outlets and a second mixing region (51) linked to at least one other (47) of said outlets, each of said mixing regions being capable of receiving, in adjustable proportions, a first airflow having passed through said first source of conditioned air and a second airflow having by-passed the first source of conditioned air, wherein in that both the said second airflows pass by underneath first source of conditioned air.