Patent ID: 6318102
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B60H

Abstract:
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus provided in a vehicle where plural rows of seats are arrayed in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle and an air conditioning unit is provided for air conditioning of a rear portion of the vehicle inside area, the apparatus comprising:said air conditioning unit being arranged outside of and near a hollow of the rear portion of the vehicle inside area in a vehicle width direction and in a space formed between a lower end of a pillar located in the rear most part of a vehicle body and a wheel housing of the rear wheel, and said hollow being provided in a floor panel of the rear portion of the vehicle inside area and housing a rear seat when a seat back of said rear seat is folded down on a seat bottom of the rear seat and the entire seat is pushed back to the rear direction; anda cooler duct to guide cool air from a cooler unit of an air conditioning unit to a portion above and between a first rear seat positioned on a second row of seats from a vehicle front and a second rear seat positioned behind the first rear seat, the first rear seat being a separated seat in which left seat and right seat portions are divided by a space,wherein a first outlet to eject cool air to the first rear seat side and a second outlet to eject cool air to the second rear seat side are formed on the cooler duct, and the first outlet is arranged in a position away from the left and right seat portions of the first rear seat and the cool air is ejected from the first outlet in the direction of the space.